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+# -*- coding: iso8859-1 -*-
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2004 TINY SPRL. (http://tiny.be) All Rights Reserved.
+#                    Fabien Pinckaers <fp@tiny.Be>
+#
+# WARNING: This program as such is intended to be used by professional
+# programmers who take the whole responsability of assessing all potential
+# consequences resulting from its eventual inadequacies and bugs
+# End users who are looking for a ready-to-use solution with commercial
+# garantees and support are strongly adviced to contract a Free Software
+# Service Company
+#
+# This program is Free Software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------
+#ENGLISH
+#-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ones = {
+    0: '', 1:'One', 2:'Two', 3:'Three', 4:'Four', 5:'Five', 6:'Six', 7:'Seven', 8:'Eight', 9:'Nine',
+    10:'Ten', 11:'Eleven', 12:'Twelve', 13:'Thirteen', 14:'Forteen', 15:'Fifteen', 16:'Sixteen', 17:"Seventeen",18:"Eighteen",19:"Nineteen",
+}
+
+tens = {
+    1: 'Ten', 2: 'Twenty ', 3:'Thirty', 4:'Forty', 5:'Fifty', 6: 'Sixty', 7 : 'Seventy', 8:'Eighty' ,9: 'Ninety'}
+
+hundred = {
+     0:'',1: 'One Hundred', 2: 'Two Hundred', 3: 'Three Hundred', 4 :'Four Hundred', 5: 'Five Hundred', 6: 'Six Hundred', 7 :'Seven Hundred', 8:' Eight Hundred ', 9:'Nine Hundred '
+}
+
+thousands ={
+     0:'',1: 'One Thousand'
+}
+
+lacs = {
+     0:'',1: 'Lac'
+}
+
+def _100_to_text(number):
+    if number in ones:
+        return ones[number]
+    else:
+        if number%10>0:
+            return tens[number / 10]+'-'+ones[number % 10]
+        else:
+            return tens[number / 10]
+
+def _1000_to_text(number):
+    d = _100_to_text(number % 100)
+    d2 = number/100
+    if d2>0 and d:
+        return hundred[d2]+' '+d
+    elif d2>1 and not(d):
+        return hundred[d2]+'s'
+    else:
+        return hundred[d2] or d
+
+def _10000_to_text(number):
+    if number==0:
+        return 'zero'
+    part1 = _1000_to_text(number % 1000)
+    part2 = thousands.get(number / 1000,  _1000_to_text(number / 1000)+' Thousands')
+    if part2 and part1:
+        part1 = ' '+part1
+    return part2+part1
+
+def _1000000_to_text(number):
+    if number==0:
+        return 'zero'
+    part1 = _10000_to_text(number % 100000)
+    part2 = lacs.get(number / 100000,  _10000_to_text(number / 100000)+' Lacs')
+    if part2 and part1:
+        part1 = ' '+part1
+    return part2+part1
+
+
+def amount_to_text(number, currency):
+    lacs_number = int(number)
+    units_name = currency
+    if lacs_number > 1:
+        units_name += 's'
+    
+    lacs = _1000000_to_text(lacs_number)
+    lacs = lacs_number and '%s %s' % (lacs, units_name) or ''
+    
+    units_number = int(number * 10000) % 10000
+    units = _10000_to_text(units_number)
+    units = units_number and '%s %s' % (units, units_name) or ''
+    
+    cents_number = int(number * 100) % 100
+    cents_name = (cents_number > 1) and 'cents' or 'cent'
+    cents = _100_to_text(cents_number)
+    cents = cents_number and '%s %s' % (cents, cents_name) or ''
+    return lacs
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------
+# Generic functions
+#-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_translate_funcs = {'en' : amount_to_text}
+    
+#TODO: we should use the country AND language (ex: septante VS soixante dix)
+#TODO: we should use en by default, but the translation func is yet to be implemented
+def amount_to_text(nbr, lang='en', currency='euro'):
+    """
+    Converts an integer to its textual representation, using the language set in the context if any.
+    Example:
+        1654: thousands six cent cinquante-quatre.
+    """
+    if nbr > 10000000:
+#TODO: use logger    
+        print "WARNING: number too large '%d', can't translate it!" % (nbr,)
+        return str(nbr)
+    
+    if not _translate_funcs.has_key(lang):
+#TODO: use logger    
+        print "WARNING: no translation function found for lang: '%s'" % (lang,)
+#TODO: (default should be en) same as above
+        lang = 'en'
+    return _translate_funcs[lang](nbr, currency)
+
+if __name__=='__main__':
+    from sys import argv
+    
+    lang = 'nl'
+    if len(argv) < 2:
+        for i in range(1,200):
+            print i, ">>", int_to_text(i, lang)
+        for i in range(200,999999,139):
+            print i, ">>", int_to_text(i, lang)
+    else:
+        print int_to_text(int(argv[1]), lang)
+