Lnum2Word.py

#!/usr/bin/python

# program to write out long numbers from IPv6

#v6Bits = 64
StrBits = input("How many bits does the Ipv6 network have? ")
v6Bits = int(StrBits)

def numToWords(num,join=True):
    '''words = {} convert an integer number into words'''
    units = ['','one','two','three','four','five','six','seven','eight','nine']
    teens = ['','eleven','twelve','thirteen','fourteen','fifteen','sixteen', \
             'seventeen','eighteen','nineteen']
    tens = ['','ten','twenty','thirty','forty','fifty','sixty','seventy', \
            'eighty','ninety']
    thousands = ['','thousand','million','billion','trillion','quadrillion', \
                 'quintillion','sextillion','septillion','octillion', \
                 'nonillion','decillion','undecillion','duodecillion', \
                 'tredecillion','quattuordecillion','sexdecillion', \
                 'septendecillion','octodecillion','novemdecillion', \
                 'vigintillion']
    words = []
    if num==0: words.append('zero')
    else:
        numStr = '%d'%num
        numStrLen = len(numStr)
        groups = (numStrLen+2) // 3
        numStr = numStr.zfill(groups*3)
        for i in range(0,groups*3,3):
            h,t,u = int(numStr[i]),int(numStr[i+1]),int(numStr[i+2])
            g = groups-(i/3+1)
            if h>=1:
                words.append(units[h])
                words.append('hundred')
            if t>1:
                words.append(tens[t])
                if u>=1: words.append(units[u])
            elif t==1:
                if u>=1: words.append(teens[u])
                else: words.append(tens[t])
            else:
                if u>=1: words.append(units[u])
            if (g>=1) and ((h+t+u)>0): words.append(thousands[int(g)]+',')
    if join: return ' '.join(words)
    return words

#example usages
print("IPv6 /" + StrBits + " Networks = ")
print(2**(128-v6Bits))
print(numToWords(2**(128-v6Bits)))