ether,
So, I know how to turn "36" into "thirty-six" (Lingua::EN::Numbers)
and "22" into "twenty-second" (ditto), and "3/4" into "three
quarters" (Lingua::EN::Fractions) and even "1994" into "nineteen
ninety-four" (Lingua::EN::Numbers::Years). What I actually _want_,
though, is to turn "In 1994, on the 22nd of February, 3/4 of the 36
members were present" into "In nineteen ninety-four, on the
twenty-second of February, three quarters of the thirty-six members
were present".
So, before I go and write that myself, does anyone know of an
existing module that I missed somehow? Also, if anyone wanted to
weigh in on a good name for such a module, I'll happily entertain
suggestions. :-)
You should be able to use Lingua::EN::FindNumber for this, with a while
loop and s///g. Plus, it's just been recently adopted by Neil Bowers!
Actually, it looks like Lingua::EN::FindNumber finds the word versions
of numbers, which is different than what I aim to accomplish.
(I find that looking at the PAUSE index directly is usually the fastest way
to find things - I searched for lingua.*number in my editor and it popped
right out.)
What I did was use MetaCPAN's handy "Reverse dependencies" link,
figuring that any module that does what I want would necessarily depend
on Lingua::EN::Numbers. I didn't see anything in that list, but of
course the link isn't 100% reliable, and I suppose there might be
something which doesn't rely on the obvious choice for a foundational
module.
Plus I thought it would be useful to solicit opinions on naming. :-)
-- Buddy
