topic Re: Converting numbers to words in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Converting numbers to words

JHarrison — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:10:50 GMT

Good day, is there a way to display numbers (weather calculated or entered) as words? For example, if the user puts 3500 a next likne will display three thousand five hundred.

Re: Converting numbers to words

ToddW_stl — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 01:23:29 GMT

Do you know the range of numbers expected? If relatively short and simple, maybe an external choice list would work.

If it's more complex with a wide range of numbers, I'd find the smartest developer I know and see if we could get the Python or Javascript to work from here.

Interesting problem, good luck with it! Please report your results back here if/when you figure it out!

Re: Converting numbers to words

abureaux — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:42:15 GMT

Short answer is "no".

Longer answer, see @ToddW_stl post.

Should be asked: Do you really need words? I ask because I had a similar issue where our templates had written out numbers. Our reports are technical reports that end up in the hands of banks for financing, large corporations, and small "mom and pop" owners. They are professional reports, and we tend to follow proper grammar, writing styles, etc. Point is, the time and effort required to get written words vs just tossing in the number wasn't worth it from a financial or practical standpoint, and the drawback of not following "proper grammar guidelines" was inconsequential in our case. End result, raw numbers. Again, we write technical reports, and in our case it made sense. Only you know your business needs, but I thought I would at least bring it up as an option.