Show HN: Convert a number to an approximated text expression

Re:Show HN: Convert a number to an approximated text expression by empath75 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:25AM (#22986970)

What would be the intended use case for something like this?

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Re:Show HN: Convert a number to an approximated text expression by jagged-chisel on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:34AM (#22987027)

Use automation to get human-friendly text for numbers. An example from the readme:

- Q2 sales were around 1M$

When the input was $1,002,184.

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Re:Show HN: Convert a number to an approximated text expression by pbhjpbhj on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:02AM (#22987200)

I'd be amazed if a company put "around $1M" for anything that was "over $1M" !

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Re:Show HN: Convert a number to an approximated text expression by mellosouls on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:09AM (#22987251)

They could use the -pr switch when running it.

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Re:Show HN: Convert a number to an approximated text expression by zz0mm on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:40AM (#22987461)

Good point! Fixed the example to reflect realities of PR language.

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