# wort-to-number

**Repository Path**: mirrors_ibm/wort-to-number

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: wort-to-number
- **Description**: Transforms numbers written as words (in German language) into numbers
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-11-23
- **Last Updated**: 2025-08-09

## Categories & Tags

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**Tags**: None

## README

# Word To Number

> Transforms numbers written as words (in German language) into numbers

> Umwandlung von Zahlen als Wörter in Zahlen

> Example: "Mario ist dreiunddreißig Jahre alt" -> "Mario ist 33 Jahre alt"

- Developed for Watson Speech to Text
- For now covers 0 to 999999
- Converts only matching numbers, rest of the string will be preserved
- Smart formatting available:
  - supports 5-digit zip codes (e.g. "achtzig dreissig fünf München" -> "80305 München")
  - supports 11-digit tax ids (e.g. "fünf dreiundzwanzig vier fünf sechsundsechzig acht neun eins eins" -> "52345668911")

# Install

```
npm install wort-to-number --save
```

# Usage

## Standard Usage

```javascript
const wordToNumber = require("wort-to-number");

console.log(wordToNumber("eintausenddreihundertsiebenunddreißig"));
// "1337"

console.log(wordToNumber("acht sieben drei null sechs"));
// "8 7 3 0 6"
```

## Smart formatting enabled:

To enable smart formatting, pass in `true` as second parameter

```javascript
const wordToNumber = require("wort-to-number");

console.log(wordToNumber("acht sieben drei null sechs", true));
// zip code "87306"

console.log(
  wordToNumber(
    "fünf dreiundzwanzig vier fünf sechsundsechzig acht neun eins eins",
    true
  )
);
// tax id "52345668911"
```

# License

[MIT](https://tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license)

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