Welcome to word2number’s documentation!

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Word to Number

This is a Python module to convert number words (eg. twenty one) to numeric digits (21). It works for positive numbers upto the range of 999,999,999,999 (i.e. billions).

Installation

Please ensure that you have updated pip to the latest version before installing word2number.

You can install the module using Python Package Index using the below command.

pip install word2number

Make sure you install all requirements given in requirements.txt

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

First you have to import the module using the below code.

from word2number import w2n

Then you can use the word_to_num method to convert a number-word to numeric digits, as shown below.

>>> print w2n.word_to_num("two million three thousand nine hundred and eighty four")
2003984

>>> print(w2n.word_to_num('two point three'))
2.3

>>> print(w2n.word_to_num('112'))
112

>>> print(w2n.word_to_num('point one'))
0.1

>>> print(w2n.word_to_num('one hundred thirty-five'))
135

>>> print(w2n.word_to_num('million million'))
Error: Redundant number! Please enter a valid number word (eg. two million twenty three thousand and forty nine)
None

>>> print(w2n.word_to_num('blah'))
Error: No valid number words found! Please enter a valid number word (eg. two million twenty three thousand and forty nine)
None

Bugs/Errors

Please ensure that you have updated pip to the latest version before installing word2number.

If you find any bugs/errors in the usage of above code, please raise an issue through Github. If you don’t know how to use Github or raise an issue through it, I suggest that you should learn it. Else, send an email to akshay2626@gmail.com with a clear example that can reproduce the issue.

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