Converting numbers to the word equivalent.

Introduction

This is an alternative Tip for Converting numbers to the word equivalent. by OriginalGriff.

Using the Code

After looking at the code of OriginalGriff, I found a shorter alternative:

static string[] numbers = new string[] { 
    "Zero", 
    "One", 
    "Two", 
    "Three",
    ... ,
    "Five hundred and sixty-eight",
    "Five hundred and sixty-nine",
    ...
};
public static string ConvertToWords(int number)
{
    if (number < 0)
    {
        return "Negative numbers not supported";
    }
    else if (numbers.Length > number)
    {
        return numbers[number];
    }
    else
    {
        return "Number too large";
    }
}

Please note: you have to start with "Zero", otherwise the code don't will work. And if you end with "Thousand" for example, you have to add each number from 0 to 1000. If you forget "Five" for example, my code don't will work properly.

• Shorter (If you add three values to the array, my code isn't shorter. However, if you add 100 values to the array, my code is shorter than the code of OriginalGriff)
• Faster at runtime

• It costs more memory