nicholas-george / inr_in_words

A javascript utility to convert numbers into words for Indian currency

inr_in_words

A javascript utility to convert numbers into Indian currency.

Use

If you want to just play around, copy / paste the whole code from index.js into your browser console. Then in try the following.

inrWords(100000000000000)
{"no":"₹ 1,00,00,000,00,00,000", "words":"₹ One crore crores"}

inrWords(10000000.10)
{"no":"₹ 1,00,00,000.10","words": "₹ One crore and ten paisa"}

inrWords(10000000.10, '', '')
{"no":"1,00,00,000.10","words": "One crore and ten"}

A few more variations are possible. For a full list, pl. look at index.test.js.

Use in your projects..

In browser

You can  use it as an ES6 module, in your projects as it is.

With Node

To use as a node commonjs module change the last line from 'export default inrWords;' to 'module.exports = inrWords;'

With Google Sheets

With a minor tweek, this code can be used in Google appscripts and used in Google sheets. There is a Google Sheets AppScript version. You can just copy paste the whole code from here into your google sheet appscript. Then in your sheet, there are four functions: (Assuming cell A2 has your number '250,000.00'), type in cell B2

  =inr_Words(A2) 
  ₹ Two lacs fifty  thousand

  =inr_Nos(A2)
  ₹ 2,50,000

  =inr_Words_Plain(A2)
  Two lacs fifty  thousand
  
  =inr_Nos_Plain(A2)
  2,50,000

Indian currency converter?

Most international currency handlers split numbers in three digit parts. The larger ones turn into million, billion, trillion etc. But the Indian currency is split into 3 digit -> hundred, 2 digit -> thousand and 2 digit - lacs. Beyond this it is in crores. And there is no eqivalent of billion, trillion etc.

For example, a number like '9999999999999999' becomes "₹ 9,99,99,999,99,99,999" And in words, "₹ Nine crore ninety-nine lac ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine crore ninety-nine lac ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine"

Hey, there is an Elixir version!

If you are looking for an Elixir version to convert numbers for Indian currency, you can look at Indian_Currency_Coverter.

Copyright and License

Copyright (c) 2022 Nicholas George

This work is free. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the MIT License. See the LICENSE.md file for more details.