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Evaluating numbers expressed as strings of English words

Evaluating numbers expressed as strings of English words ~NOTHERTECHNIQUE...) Ev al. .u. ati n g~ _N ........ , s Ex .p ressed . .... umber as S t r i n g s of E n g l i s h W o r d s %, a t apute([ fO~ ~Any ~ Acqui . . . lue l . Cornl)~ter A'ci(,~cr',~ CoTp., [nglewood, California ~r ~,,~en except ~ ~ LocMsuml--~--'¢=" mlas, ]'~0i t 240 (105~i'!i Integer mind)ors cau be expressed in English by mla is tii iiserics of words such as one hun(h'ed Lhirty three milli(m @~gs,ji, i~wo hundred four/' The process indicaLed by t~hc ac)mptlters eornpanymg f/owcharL e~aluates numbers represented by " r Pdn' !~ ' i Ca!!} isuch a sLring. To i,,ch,,le words up t,o "billion" requires ,~a; ~[[~[four t.erms "Sum,:." The mult.iplica, tkms c&n be done by <~ ishiffing on a decimal machine. o? I No ~ r~ Localsum.N I O-~-Localsura I t055) x i OUT I Jlll I II I x o8.(~25) 49 C A A T R SET H R CE (ILC) bl I 2-- 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E F G H I d K L M N 0 P Q R S T U VW XY Z - +/*=() ' , .LSA LC: IBM 3t- O R O T H E R above [ ] V A > < ; ~ ) T U 64 C A A T R SET H R CE ( H,S.BRIGHT) bll < S a m e as above Same ) as V W (' $ : -- t 4 e u d n UP NULL END DOWN NOTE: rrdsi B9 CHARACTER SET ' • i In some sense, Bright's character set could (or should) be augmented by the 26 lower case alphabetic c h a r a c t e r s - making a total of 90. Then from o printing standpoint, he could eliminate the u and d -making 88 characters. (see aELOW) < Same as above > T U bl I 2 ( 14 LC s I V W < , Same as above > $ ; a b c d e f g h i j k I m n o p q r s t u v w x y z LcLcLc~: LcLc:L¢ LcLcLc LcLcLcLc LA TIF°/.'-b[ ] # < > I _ A J ~ IBM HB tl'? ; ~ o , = a ~ 5 s 7 . 9 A V ; -- [ .] -1 < > 1' ; e n UNUSED. A V ;.--[ ] -.< > t ~, <-- >--Io~ ~ x because*tand$ ore not characters IAL X~(.onciiing ll 3 (July ) withtl~i ,acter Set, third fine, fifth linO; 120 CHARACTER S E T ( 27 LC s ) NOTE: included. bl I 2 V W < < IAL appears to contain 5 e x t r a Same as above Same as above > T U _-- o p Lc z ,, LA IBM f " %---- [ ] { } < > l j , v Lc Lc A- z_,,n x I • :,Or, \ ~ !@& Kv~u ",! ; ¥ I z 3 , 5 6 7 s 9 o 8 X ~ , 0 , ~QO V O r - I o f t h e ACM l, ~ell ?" -< +- ° E - ~ o the i e ~t.andiltrt([l': !~1 153 CHARACTER S E T i1 (LOS ALAMOS } To the above 1 2 0 - L A set would be added Communications 54I http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Communications of the ACM Association for Computing Machinery

Evaluating numbers expressed as strings of English words

Swift, Charles J.
Communications of the ACM , Volume 3 (10) – Oct 1, 1960
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~NOTHERTECHNIQUE...) Ev al. .u. ati n g~ _N ........ , s Ex .p ressed . .... umber as S t r i n g s of E n g l i s h W o r d s %, a t apute([ fO~ ~Any ~ Acqui . . . lue l . Cornl)~ter A'ci(,~cr',~ CoTp., [nglewood, California ~r ~,,~en except ~ ~ LocMsuml--~--'¢=" mlas, ]'~0i t 240 (105~i'!i Integer mind)ors cau be expressed in English by mla is tii iiserics of words such as one hun(h'ed Lhirty three milli(m @~gs,ji, i~wo hundred four/' The process indicaLed by t~hc ac)mptlters eornpanymg f/owcharL e~aluates numbers represented by " r Pdn' !~ ' i Ca!!} isuch a sLring. To i,,ch,,le words up t,o "billion" requires ,~a; ~[[~[four t.erms "Sum,:." The mult.iplica, tkms c&n be done by <~ ishiffing on a decimal machine. o? I No ~ r~ Localsum.N I O-~-Localsura I t055) x i OUT I Jlll I II I x o8.(~25) 49 C A A T R SET H R CE (ILC) bl I 2-- 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E F G H I d K L M N 0 P Q R S T U VW XY Z - +/*=() ' , .LSA LC: IBM 3t- O R O T H E R above [ ] V A > < ; ~ ) T U 64 C A A T R SET H R CE ( H,S.BRIGHT) bll < S a m e as above Same ) as V W (' $ : -- t 4 e u d n UP NULL END DOWN NOTE: rrdsi B9 CHARACTER SET ' • i In some sense, Bright's character set could (or should) be augmented by the 26 lower case alphabetic c h a r a c t e r s - making a total of 90. Then from o printing standpoint, he could eliminate the u and d -making 88 characters. (see aELOW) < Same as above > T U bl I 2 ( 14 LC s I V W < , Same as above > $ ; a b c d e f g h i j k I m n o p q r s t u v w x y z LcLcLc~: LcLc:L¢ LcLcLc LcLcLcLc LA TIF°/.'-b[ ] # < > I _ A J ~ IBM HB tl'? ; ~ o , = a ~ 5 s 7 . 9 A V ; -- [ .] -1 < > 1' ; e n UNUSED. A V ;.--[ ] -.< > t ~, <-- >--Io~ ~ x because*tand$ ore not characters IAL X~(.onciiing ll 3 (July ) withtl~i ,acter Set, third fine, fifth linO; 120 CHARACTER S E T ( 27 LC s ) NOTE: included. bl I 2 V W < < IAL appears to contain 5 e x t r a Same as above Same as above > T U _-- o p Lc z ,, LA IBM f " %---- [ ] { } < > l j , v Lc Lc A- z_,,n x I • :,Or, \ ~ !@& Kv~u ",! ; ¥ I z 3 , 5 6 7 s 9 o 8 X ~ , 0 , ~QO V O r - I o f t h e ACM l, ~ell ?" -< +- ° E - ~ o the i e ~t.andiltrt([l': !~1 153 CHARACTER S E T i1 (LOS ALAMOS } To the above 1 2 0 - L A set would be added Communications 54I

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Published: Oct 1, 1960

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