NUM2WORDS: Stata module to convert numbers to text

Eric Booth ()

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: num2words converts numbers (including real and ordinal numbers) in a single numvar to text. It is useful for converting numbers to text for insertion in graph or table titles, captions, or labels; value or variable labels; charactersics or notes; or, this utility can convert numbers to words for inclusion in the text of a document created from Stata via commands like file write, texdoc (if installed), or rtfutil (if installed).

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 9.2
Keywords: data management; strings; captions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-04-14, Revised 2011-04-28
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install num2words". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/n/num2words.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/n/num2words.hlp help file (text/plain)

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