SpellNumber as per Currency Selection

[Shums]

Hi All,

This title sounds very familiar to many. I have a worksheet name Fax-Transmittal where I request payments for various vendors in various currencies. Currently I am using below function for SpellNumber which converts just numbers without currency, for example; 322,628.21 to Three Hundred Twenty Two Thousand Six Hundred Twenty Eight & 21/100:
[VBA]
Option Explicit

'Main Function
Function SpellNumber(ByVal MyNumber)
Dim Dollars, Cents, Temp
Dim DecimalPlace, Count
ReDim Place(9) As String
Place(2) = " Thousand "
Place(3) = " Million "
Place(4) = " Billion "
Place(5) = " Trillion "
' String representation of amount.
MyNumber = Trim(Str(MyNumber))
' Position of decimal place 0 if none.
DecimalPlace = InStr(MyNumber, ".")
' Convert cents and set MyNumber to dollar amount.
If DecimalPlace > 0 Then
Cents = Left(Mid(MyNumber, DecimalPlace + 1) & _
"00", 2)
MyNumber = Trim(Left(MyNumber, DecimalPlace - 1))
End If
Count = 1
Do While MyNumber <> ""
Temp = GetHundreds(Right(MyNumber, 3))
If Temp <> "" Then Dollars = Temp & Place(Count) & Dollars
If Len(MyNumber) > 3 Then
MyNumber = Left(MyNumber, Len(MyNumber) - 3)
Else
MyNumber = ""
End If
Count = Count + 1
Loop
Select Case Dollars
Case ""
Dollars = ""
Case "One"
Dollars = "One Dollar"
Case Else
Dollars = Dollars & " &"
End Select
Cents = Cents & "/100"

SpellNumber = "" & Dollars & " " & Cents
End Function

' Converts a number from 100-999 into text
Function GetHundreds(ByVal MyNumber)
Dim Result As String
If Val(MyNumber) = 0 Then Exit Function
MyNumber = Right("000" & MyNumber, 3)
' Convert the hundreds place.
If Mid(MyNumber, 1, 1) <> "0" Then
Result = GetDigit(Mid(MyNumber, 1, 1)) & " Hundred "
End If
' Convert the tens and ones place.
If Mid(MyNumber, 2, 1) <> "0" Then
Result = Result & GetTens(Mid(MyNumber, 2))
Else
Result = Result & GetDigit(Mid(MyNumber, 3))
End If
GetHundreds = Result
End Function

' Converts a number from 10 to 99 into text.
Function GetTens(TensText)
Dim Result As String
Result = "" ' Null out the temporary function value.
If Val(Left(TensText, 1)) = 1 Then ' If value between 10-19...
Select Case Val(TensText)
Case 10: Result = "Ten"
Case 11: Result = "Eleven"
Case 12: Result = "Twelve"
Case 13: Result = "Thirteen"
Case 14: Result = "Fourteen"
Case 15: Result = "Fifteen"
Case 16: Result = "Sixteen"
Case 17: Result = "Seventeen"
Case 18: Result = "Eighteen"
Case 19: Result = "Nineteen"
Case Else
End Select
Else ' If value between 20-99...
Select Case Val(Left(TensText, 1))
Case 2: Result = "Twenty "
Case 3: Result = "Thirty "
Case 4: Result = "Forty "
Case 5: Result = "Fifty "
Case 6: Result = "Sixty "
Case 7: Result = "Seventy "
Case 8: Result = "Eighty "
Case 9: Result = "Ninety "
Case Else
End Select
Result = Result & GetDigit _
(Right(TensText, 1)) ' Retrieve ones place.
End If
GetTens = Result
End Function

' Converts a number from 1 to 9 into text.
Function GetDigit(Digit)
Select Case Val(Digit)
Case 1: GetDigit = "One"
Case 2: GetDigit = "Two"
Case 3: GetDigit = "Three"
Case 4: GetDigit = "Four"
Case 5: GetDigit = "Five"
Case 6: GetDigit = "Six"
Case 7: GetDigit = "Seven"
Case 8: GetDigit = "Eight"
Case 9: GetDigit = "Nine"
Case Else: GetDigit = ""
End Select
End Function
[/VBA]

Then I have one worksheet with currency names where in column "A" its all currency symbol and in column "B" I have their full name such as US$ = US Dollars, ZAR = Rands, GBP = Pounds, N$ = NamDollars, etc...

Then I in fax transmittal sheet, I am using following formula to get my things done:

="Would you arrange for "&F33&" "&TEXT(G33,"#,##0.00_ ;[Red]-(#,##0.00)")&"("&Spellnumber(G33)&" "&VLOOKUP(F33,'Currency names'!A:B,2,0)&" Only) to be transferred to:"

Where F33 is currency symbol & g33 is the numberical values.

So my result looks like "Would you arrange for ZAR 322,628.21 (Three Hundred Twenty Two Thousand Six Hundred Twenty Eight & 21/100 Rands Only) to be transferred to:"

I would request you all, if anyone can help me with private sub working with spellnumber instead of having currency name worksheet and vlookup formula.

Please help.

[Paul_Hossler]

What's the difficulity with using the worksheet?

No matter what you do, you'd need that Name and Symbol information someplace.

It could hardcoded into a function, but it's easier to maintain as a data worksheet.

Paul

[Bob Phillips]

You would have to have a lookup table somwehere, hard-coding it into a VBA array is a bad idea, so while you could do it, I cannot see the point.

Maybe to keep it simple you could add four arguments to your SpellNumber function and call like so

=Spellnumber(F33,G33,"Would you arrange for ", "to be transferred to:")

[VBA] 'Main Function
Function SpellNumber( _
ByVal MyCurrency As String, _
ByVal MyNumber As Variant, _
MyPreText As String, _
MyPostText As String)
Dim MyOriginalNumber As Double
Dim Dollars, Cents, Temp
Dim DecimalPlace, Count
ReDim Place(9) As String
Place(2) = " Thousand "
Place(3) = " Million "
Place(4) = " Billion "
Place(5) = " Trillion "

MyOriginalNumber = MyNumber
' String representation of amount.
MyNumber = Trim(Str(MyNumber))
' Position of decimal place 0 if none.
DecimalPlace = InStr(MyNumber, ".")
' Convert cents and set MyNumber to dollar amount.
If DecimalPlace > 0 Then
Cents = Left(Mid(MyNumber, DecimalPlace + 1) & _
"00", 2)
MyNumber = Trim(Left(MyNumber, DecimalPlace - 1))
End If
Count = 1
Do While MyNumber <> ""
Temp = GetHundreds(Right(MyNumber, 3))
If Temp <> "" Then Dollars = Temp & Place(Count) & Dollars
If Len(MyNumber) > 3 Then
MyNumber = Left(MyNumber, Len(MyNumber) - 3)
Else
MyNumber = ""
End If
Count = Count + 1
Loop
Select Case Dollars
Case ""
Dollars = ""
Case "One"
Dollars = "One Dollar"
Case Else
Dollars = Dollars & " &"
End Select
Cents = Cents & "/100"

SpellNumber = MyPreText & MyCurrency & " " & Application.Text(MyOriginalNumber, "#,##0.00_ ;[Red]-(#,##0.00)") & _
"(" & Dollars & " " & Cents & " " & _
Application.VLookup(MyCurrency, Worksheets("Currency names").Range("A:B"), 2, False) & " only) " & _
MyPostText
End Function[/VBA]

The lookup table could also be added as an argument to make it more flexible, less hard-coded, but I think like Paul that what you have is good enough.

[Paul_Hossler]

Another issue that may or may not be a problem is the formatting of numbers and currency and dates for different counteries.

If you go to Control Panel, Regional and Language Options, Format tab

US currency format is $123,456,789.00

Different counteries use different decimal seperators, groupings, as well as just currency symbols, etc.

You might need or want to add country-specific format strings to your VLookup sheet

Paul

[Shums]

Thank you guys,

I will stick with what I have, I think this option wouldn't be done through vba.

[Shums]

One more thing,

When there is no cents, still my spell number gives out /100 Only as I set case for decimal as " Cents = Cents & "/100", could you guys please help me in this.

[Bob Phillips]

[VBA]
'Main Function
Function SpellNumber(ByVal MyNumber)
Dim Dollars, Cents, Temp
Dim DecimalPlace, Count
ReDim Place(9) As String
Place(2) = " Thousand "
Place(3) = " Million "
Place(4) = " Billion "
Place(5) = " Trillion "
' String representation of amount.
MyNumber = Trim(Str(MyNumber))
' Position of decimal place 0 if none.
DecimalPlace = InStr(MyNumber, ".")
' Convert cents and set MyNumber to dollar amount.
If DecimalPlace > 0 Then
Cents = Left(Mid(MyNumber, DecimalPlace + 1) & _
"00", 2)
MyNumber = Trim(Left(MyNumber, DecimalPlace - 1))
End If
Count = 1
Do While MyNumber <> ""
Temp = GetHundreds(Right(MyNumber, 3))
If Temp <> "" Then Dollars = Temp & Place(Count) & Dollars
If Len(MyNumber) > 3 Then
MyNumber = Left(MyNumber, Len(MyNumber) - 3)
Else
MyNumber = ""
End If
Count = Count + 1
Loop
Select Case Dollars
Case ""
Dollars = ""
Case "One"
Dollars = "One Dollar"
Case Else
Dollars = Dollars
End Select
Cents = Cents

SpellNumber = Dollars & IIf(Cents > 0, "& " & Cents & "/100", "")
End Function[/VBA]

[Shums]

Thanks a lot Mr. James.

[Bob Phillips]

Thanks a lot Mr. James.

Not me, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thurber