Hi all, There are still a few problems with \numstr when you get beyond the hundreds. Perhaps this is unlikely when it is a page number, but I was interested in using this macro for contracts, where an amount of money is often written out in words. \input numstr.tex \starttext \numstr{-1}\par \numstr{0}\par \numstr{101}\par \numstr{1001}\par \numstr{1000001}\par \numstr{1200021} \stoptext This produces output: null null one hundred and one one thousand one one millionone one million two hundred thousand twenty-one which should be: minus one zero one hundred and one one thousand and one one million and one one million, two hundred thousand and twenty-one In English, the tens/units (if not zero) should be preceded by "and" if the number exceeds 100 (so 101 is correct in the above output). This applies whether the tens/units is truly tens/units, or is a thousands or millions multiplier (120000 = "one hundred and twenty thousand"). The use of a comma after millions and sometimes thousands is helpful but not essential, and it only appears in certain cases. I'll have to think a bit more about a rule for that! The use of a hyphen between tens and units ("twenty-one") is not incorrect but is nowadays probably regarded as a little old-fashioned (but personally, I like it). Best, Robin

Date: 2007-03-29 17:38 +1000 To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Subject: Re: [NTG-context] page numbering in words? cormullion.at.remove.this.mac.com wrote:

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On 2007-03-28, at 16:49.0, Zhichu Chen wrote:

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I modified Wolfgang's macro as the attached file. But I'm really not a native American, so there must be some special rules that I've ignored. Wish you good luck.

Yes - this works great now. Thank you for sorting out the TeX code, which is like no other language I know ;-). I've changed only one spelling (fourty -> forty) and the rest looks perfect.

It would be nice if someone (one of the module tutorial attendants :-) could wrap this command in a module for the contextgarden page.

Cheers, Taco