SYNOPSIS

use Lingua::ES::Numeros ":constants";
my $obj = new Lingua::ES::Numeros ('MAYUSCULAS' => 1);
print $obj->cardinal(124856), "\n";
print $obj->real(124856.531), "\n";
$obj->{GENERO} = FEMALE;
print $obj->ordinal(124856), "\n";

DESCRIPTION

This module supports the translation of cardinal, ordinal and, real numbers, the module handles integer numbers up to vigintillions (that's 1e120), since Perl does not handle such numbers natively, numbers are kept as text strings because processing does not justify using bigint.

Currently Lingua::ES::Numeros handles numbers up to 1e127-1 (999999 vigintillions).

METHODS

CONSTRUCTOR: new

To create a new Lingua::ES::Numeros, use the new class method. This method can receive as parameters any of the above mentioned fields.

Examples:

      use Lingua::ES::Numeros ':constants';
      
      # Use the fields' default values
      $obj = new Lingua::ES::Numeros; 
      
      # Specifies the values of some of them
      $obj = Lingua::ES::Numeros->new( ACENTOS => 0, 
                MAYUSCULAS => 1, GENERO => FEMALE,
                            DECIMAL => ',', SEPARADORES=> '"_' );

DECIMAL

Specifies the character string that will be used to separate the integer from the fractional part of the number to convert. The default value for DECIMAL is '.'

SEPARADORES

Character string including all of the format characters used when representing a number. All of the characters in this string will be ignored by the parser when analyzing the number. The default value for SEPARADORES is '_'

ACENTOS

Affects the way in which the generated string for the translated numbers is given; if it is false, the textual representation will not have any accented characters. The default value for this field is true (with accents).

MAYUSCULAS

If this is a true value, the textual representation of the number will be an uppercase character string. The default value for this field is false (lowercase).

HTML

If this is a true value, the textual representation of the number will be a HTML-valid string character (accents will be represented by their respective HTML entities). The default value is 0 (text).

GENERO

The gender of the numbers can be MALE, FEMALE or NEUTRAL, respectively for femenine, masculine or neutral numbers. The default value is MALE.

The following table shows the efect of GENDER on translation of Cardinal and Ordinal numbers:

 +---+---------------------+-----------------------------+
 | N |     CARDINAL        |          ORDINAL            |
 | u +------+------+-------+---------+---------+---------+
 | m | MALE |FEMALE|NEUTRAL|  MALE   |  FEMALE | NEUTRAL |
 +---+------+------+-------+---------+---------+---------+
 | 1 | uno  | una  | un    | primero | primera | primer  |
 | 2 | dos  | dos  | dos   | segundo | segunda | segundo |
 | 3 | tres | tres | tres  | tercero | tercera | tercer  |
 +---+------+------+-------+---------+---------+---------+

The constants MALE, FEMALE and NEUTRAL and their spanish counterparts MASCULINO, FEMENINO and NEUTRO, may be imported with the tag ``:constants'' on module use.

SEXO

Deprecated option only for backward compatibility, use GENERO instead.

UNMIL

This field affects only the translation of cardinal numbers. When it is a true value, the number 1000 is translated to 'un mil' (one thousand), otherwise it is translated to the more colloquial 'mil' (thousand). The default value is 1.

NEGATIVO

Contains the character string with the text to which the negative sign (-) will be translated with. Defaults to 'menos'.

For example: default translation of -5 will yield ``menos cinco''.

POSITIVO

Contains the character string with the text to which the positive sign will be translated with. Defaults to ''.

For example: default translation of 5 will yield ``cinco''.

FORMATO

A character string specifying how the decimals of a real number are to be translated. Its default value is 'con %2d ctms.' (see the real method)

Aliases

All the options have the following english aliases.

    English       Option name
    --------------------------
    ACCENTS       ACENTOS          
    UPPERCASE     MAYUSCULAS  
    SEPARATORS    SEPARADORES 
    GENDER        GENERO      
    POSITIVE      POSITIVO    
    NEGATIVE      NEGATIVO    
    FORMAT        FORMATO

cardinal

SYNOPSIS:
  $text = $obj->cardinal($num)

Parameters

$num

the number.

Description

Translates a cardinal number ($num) to spanish text, translation is performed according to the following object ($obj) settings: DECIMAL, SEPARADORES, SEXO, ACENTOS, MAYUSCULAS, POSITIVO and NEGATIVO.

This method ignores any fraction part of the number ($num).

Return Value

Textual representation of the number as a string

real

SYNOPSIS:
  $text = real($n; $genf, $genm)

Translates the real number ($n) to spanish text.

The optional $genf and $genm parameters are used to specify gender of the fraction part and fraction part magnitude in that order. If $genf is missing it will default to the GENDER option, and $genm will default to the $genf's value.

This translation is affected by the options: DECIMAL, SEPARADORES, GENDER, ACENTOS, MAYUSCULAS, POSITIVO, NEGATIVO and FORMATO.

Fraction format (FORMATO)

FORMAT option is a formatting string like printf, it is used to format the fractional part before appending it to the integer part. It has the following format specifiers:

%Ns

Formats the fractional part as text with precisiA~Xn of N digits, for example: number '124.345' formated with string 'CON %s.' will yield the text 'ciento veinticuatro CON trescientas cuarenta y cinco milesimas', and formatted with string 'CON %2s.' will yield 'ciento veinticuatro CON treinta y cuatro centesimas'.

%Nd

Formats the fractional part as a number (no translation), with precision of N digits, veri similar to sprintf's %d format, for example: number '124.045' formated with 'CON %2d ctms.' will yield: 'ciento veinticuatro CON 04 ctms.'

ordinal

SYNOPSIS:
  $text = $obj->ordinal($num)

Parameters

$num

the number.

Description

Translates an ordinal number ($num) to spanish text, translation is performed according to the following object ($obj) settings: DECIMAL, SEPARADORES, GENERO, ACENTOS, MAYUSCULAS, POSITIVO and NEGATIVO.

This method croacks if $num <= 0 and carps if $num has a fractional part.

Return Value

Textual representation of the number as a string

Accessors

Each of the options has a setter/getter with the name of the option in lowercase, all the accessors have the following sintax:

Getters

  $obj->name_of_option()

Returns the current value of the option.

Setters

  $obj->name_of_option( $value )

Sets the option to $value and returns $obj

List of accessors

  $obj->accents
  $obj->acentos          
  $obj->uppercase
  $obj->mayusculas  
  $obj->unmil
  $obj->html
  $obj->decimal
  $obj->separators
  $obj->separadores 
  $obj->gender
  $obj->genero      
  $obj->positive
  $obj->positivo    
  $obj->negative
  $obj->negativo    
  $obj->format
  $obj->formato

INTERNALS

Functions in this secction are generally not used, but are docummented here for completeness.

This is not part of the module's API and is subject to change.

CARDINAL SUPPORT

Construction of cardinal numbers

cardinal_e2

SYNOPSIS

  cardinal_e2($n, $nn)

PARAMETERS

$n

the number.

$nn

word stack.

DESCRIPTION

This procedure takes $n (an integer in the range [0 .. 99], not verified) and adds the numbers text translation to $nn (a word stack), on a word by word basis. If $n == 0 nothing is pushed into $nn.

cardinal_e3

SYNOPSIS

  cardinal_e3($n, $nn)

PARAMETERS

$n

the number.

$nn

word stack.

DESCRIPTION

This procedure takes $n (an integer in the range [0 .. 99], not verified) and adds the numbers text translation to $nn (a word stack), on a word by word basis. If $n == 0 nothing is pushed into $nn.

cardinal_e6

SYNOPSIS

  cardinal_e6($n, $nn, $mag, $un_mil, $postfix)

PARAMETERS

$n

the number.

$nn

word stack.

$mag

magnitude of the number 1 for millions, 2 for billions, etc.

$un_mil

if true 1000 is translated as ``un mil'' otherwise ``mil''

$postfix

array representing plural & singular magnitude of the number, in this order.

DESCRIPTION

This procedure takes $n, and pushes the numbers text translation into $nn, on a word by word basis, with the proper translated magnitude. If $n == 0 nothing is pushed into $nn.

cardinal_generic

SYNOPSIS

  cardinal_generic($n, $exp, $fmag, $gen)

PARAMETERS

$n

the number.

$exp

exponent.

$fmag

closure to format the 6 digits groups.

$gen

gender of the magnitude (optional defaults to NEUTRAL):
    FEMALE  for female gender (1 -> una).
    MALE    for male gender (1 -> uno).
    NEUTRAL for neutral gender (1 -> un).

DESCRIPTION

This function translate the natural number $n to spanish words, adding gender where needed.

RETURN VALUE

Translation of $n to spanish text as a list of words.

cardinal_simple

SYNOPSIS

  cardinal_simple($n, $exp, $un_mil; $gen)

PARAMETERS

$n

the number.

$exp

exponent.

$un_mil

if true 1000 is translated as ``un mil'' otherwise ``mil''

$gen

gender of the magnitude (optional defaults to NEUTRAL):
    FEMALE  for female gender (1 -> una).
    MALE    for male gender (1 -> uno).
    NEUTRAL for neutral gender (1 -> un).

DESCRIPTION

This function translate the natural number $n to spanish words, adding gender where needed.

This procedure just builds a closure with format information, to call cardinal_e6, and then calls cardinal_generic to do the work.

RETURN VALUE

Translation of $n to spanish text as a list of words.

fraccion_mag_prefix

SYNOPSIS

  fraccion_mag_prefix($mag, $gp)

PARAMETERS

$n

the number.

$exp

exponent.

$mag

magnitude of the number 1 for millionths, 2 for billionths, etc.

$gp

gender and plural of the number, is the concatenation of gender and plural gender must be one of FEMALE, MALE or NEUTRAL, and plural must be '' for singular and 's' for plural.

Note that NEUTRAL + plural is a nonsense.

$ngen

gender of the number (same values as $gen).

DESCRIPTION

This function returns the name of the magnitude of a fraction, $mag is the number of decimal digits. For example 0.001 has $mag == 3 and translates to ``milesimos'' if $gp is (MALE . 's').

RETURN VALUE

Translation of $n to spanish text as a string.

fraccion_simple

SYNOPSIS

  fraccion_simple($n, $exp, $un_mil, $gen; $ngen)

PARAMETERS

$n

the number.

$exp

exponent.

$un_mil

if true 1000 is translated as ``un mil'' otherwise ``mil''

$gen

gender of the magnitude (optional defaults to NEUTRAL):
    FEMALE  for female gender (1 -> primera).
    MALE    for male gender (1 -> primero).
    NEUTRAL for neutral gender (1 -> primer).

$ngen

gender of the number (same values as $gen).

DESCRIPTION

This function translate the fraction $n to spanish words, adding gender where needed.

This procedure just builds a closure with format information, to call cardinal_e6, and then calls cardinal_generic to do the work.

RETURN VALUE

Translation of $n to spanish text as a list of words.

ORDINAL SUPPORT

Construction of ordinal numbers

ordinal_e2

SYNOPSIS

  ordinal_e2($n, $nn)

PARAMETERS

$n

the number.

$nn

word stack.

DESCRIPTION

This procedure takes $n (an integer in the range [0 .. 99], not verified) and adds the numbers text translation to $nn (a word stack), on a word by word basis. If $n == 0 nothing is pushed into $nn.

ordinal_e3

SYNOPSIS

  ordinal_e3($n, $nn)

Parameters

$n

the number.

$nn

word stack.

DESCRIPTION

This procedure takes $n (an integer in the range [0 .. 999], not verified) and adds the numbers text translation to $nn (a word stack), on a word by word basis. If $n == 0 nothing is pushed into $nn.

ordinal_e6

SYNOPSIS

  ordinal_e6($n, $nn, $mag, $un_mil, $postfix)

PARAMETERS

$n

the number.

$nn

word stack.

$mag

magnitude of the number 1 for millions, 2 for billions, etc.

DESCRIPTION

This procedure takes $n, and pushes the numbers text translation into $nn, on a word by word basis, with the proper translated magnitude. If $n == 0 nothing is pushed into $nn.

ordinal_simple

SYNOPSIS

  ordinal_simple($n, $exp; $gen)

PARAMETERS

$n

the number.

$exp

exponent.

$un_mil

if true 1000 is translated as ``un mil'' otherwise ``mil''

$gen

gender of the magnitude (optional defaults to NEUTRAL):
    FEMALE  for female gender (1 -> primera).
    MALE    for male gender (1 -> primero).
    NEUTRAL for neutral gender (1 -> primer).

DESCRIPTION

This function translate the fraction $n to spanish words, adding gender where needed.

This procedure just builds a closure with format information, to call ordinal_e6, and then calls ordinal_generic to do the work.

RETURN VALUE

Translation of $n to spanish text as a list of words.

MISCELANEOUS

Everithing not fitting elsewere

parse_num

SYNOPSIS

  parse_num($num, $dec, $sep)

Decomposes the number in its constitutive parts, and returns them in a list:

   use Lingua::ES::Numeros;
   ($sgn, $ent, $frc, $exp) = parse_num('123.45e10', '.', '",');

PARAMETERS

$num

the number to decompose

$dec

decimal separator (tipically ',' or '.').

$sep

separator characters ignored by the parser, usually to mark thousands, millions, etc..

RETURN VALUE

This function parses a general number and returns a list of 4 elements:

$sgn

sign of the number: -1 if negative, 1 otherwise

$int

integer part of the number

$frc

decimal (fraction) part of the number

$exp

exponent of the number

Croaks if there is a syntax error.

retval

SYNOPSIS

  $obj->retval($value)

DESCRIPTION

Utility method to adjust return values, transforms text following the options: ACENTOS, MAYUSCULAS y HTML.

Returns the adjusted $value.

DEPENDENCIES

Perl 5.006, Exporter, Carp

AUTHOR

Jose Rey, <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2001-2009 by Jose Rey

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.