Integer.class_eval do def to_words return '?' unless (1..999_999_999_999).include? self numbers = [nil, 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six', 'seven', 'eight', 'nine', 'ten', 'eleven', 'twelve', 'thirteen', 'fourteen', 'fifteen', 'sixteen', 'seventeen', 'eighteen', 'nineteen'] decades = [nil, nil, 'twenty', 'thirty', 'forty', 'fifty', 'sixty', 'seventy', 'eighty', 'ninety'] case self when 1..19 numbers[self] when 20..99 decades[self/10] + (self%10 == 0 ? '' : ('-' + numbers[self%10])) when 100..999 numbers[self/100] + ' hundred' + (self%100 == 0 ? '' : ' and ' + (self%100).to_words) when 1_000..999_999 words_for_big_numbers 1_000, 'thousand' when 1_000_000..999_999_999 words_for_big_numbers 1_000_000, 'million' when 1_000_000_000..999_999_999_999 words_for_big_numbers 1_000_000_000, 'billion' end end private def words_for_big_numbers multiplier_value, multiplier_name (self/multiplier_value).to_words + ' ' + multiplier_name + if self%multiplier_value == 0 '' else (self%multiplier_value < 100 ? ' and ' : ', ') + (self%multiplier_value).to_words end end end