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| Date: | 03/04/08 |
| Author: | Szabolcs Horvát |
| URL: | http://web.ift.uib.no/~szhorvat/ |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Info: | http://www.wolfram.com/ |
| Score: |  (2.80 in 10 votes) |
tens = {"ten", "twenty", "thirty", "forty", "fifty", "sixty", "seventy", "eighty", "ninety"};
teens = {"eleven", "twelve", "thirteen", "fourteen", "fifteen",
"sixteen", "seventeen", "eighteen", "nineteen"};
ones = {"one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine"};
formatNum[{a_, b_}] := tens[[a]] <> "-" <> ones[[b]]
formatNum[{a_, 0}] := tens[[a]]
formatNum[{1, b_}] := teens[[b]]
formatNum[{b_}] := ones[[b]]
formatNum[{0}] := "no more"
capitalize[str_] := ToUpperCase[StringTake[str, 1]] <> StringDrop[str, 1]
pluralize[str_, _] := str <> "s"
pluralize[str_, 1] := str
pluralize[str_ /; StringMatchQ[str, "* of *"], n_] :=
StringReplace[str, what__ ~~ " of " ~~ whatever__ :> pluralize[what, n] <> " of " <> whatever]
(* Add more special plurals here: *)
pluralize["box", _] := "boxes"
pluralize["mouse", _] := "mice"
multiple[str_, n_] :=
formatNum@IntegerDigits[n] <> " " <> pluralize[str, n]
songAbout[thing_] :=
Append[
Table[
capitalize@multiple[thing, i] <> " on the wall, " <> multiple[thing, i] <> ".\n" <>
"Take one down and pass it around, " <> multiple[thing, i - 1] <> " on the wall.\n",
{i, 99, 1, -1}],
capitalize@multiple[thing, 0] <> " on the wall, " <> multiple[thing, 0] <> ".\n" <>
"Go to the store and buy some more, " <> multiple[thing, 99] <> " on the wall."
]
(* Sing about various stuff: *)
Print /@ songAbout["bottle of beer"];
Print /@ songAbout["beer bottle"];
Print /@ songAbout["flask of wine"];
Print /@ songAbout["box of chocolate"];
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| Version | Author | Date | Comments | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very short version. | Brenton Bostick | 03/16/06 | 1 | |
| 2 | Konstantin Kouptsov | 02/27/06 | 0 | |
| 3 | Anonymous | 04/20/05 | 0 | |
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