query_num

NAME

query_num

SYNOPSIS

string query_num(int num, int many: 0);

DESCRIPTION

Warning: English only!!!

Converts `num` into a string representation. If `many` is greater than 0
and `num` is greater than `many`, the resulting string is "many".

Any `num` greater than 99,999 is always "many", the same for any `num` less
than 0.

EXAMPLES

query_num(99999) ;
"ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine"

query_num(99999, 50) ;
"many"

query_num(0)
"zero"

query_num(-10)
"many"

WORKAROUND

To handle negative numbers, you can override the function in your own
simul_efun object as follows:

varargs string query_num(int x, int many) {
    string sign;

    if(nullp(x))
        error("Too few arguments to 'query_num'.") ;

    if(!intp(x))
        error("Bad argument 1 to 'query_num'.") ;

    sign = x < 0 ? "negative " : "" ;
    x = abs(x) ;

    return sign + efun::query_num(x, many) ;
}

SEE ALSO

pluralize(3)