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Improve README.rst. (#145)

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* Fix "Usage": "cardinal" => "ordinal".

>>> num2words(42,to='cardinal')
u'forty-two'
>>> num2words(42,to='ordinal')
u'forty-second'

* Add PyPI shield. Closes #36.

* Fix link to GitHub.

* Maintain "country - language" consistency

* Fix typos, clarify country-language fallback
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Antonio Gurgel
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num2words - Convert numbers to words in multiple languages num2words - Convert numbers to words in multiple languages
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.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/num2words.svg
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:target: https://travis-ci.org/savoirfairelinux/num2words :target: https://travis-ci.org/savoirfairelinux/num2words
@@ -13,7 +16,9 @@ It supports multiple languages (see the list below for full list
of languages) and can even generate ordinal numbers like ``forty-second`` of languages) and can even generate ordinal numbers like ``forty-second``
(although this last feature is a bit buggy for some languages at the moment). (although this last feature is a bit buggy for some languages at the moment).
The project is hosted on https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/num2words The project is hosted on GitHub_. Contributions are welcome.
.. _GitHub: https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/num2words
Installation Installation
------------ ------------
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ Otherwise, you can download the source package and then execute::
python setup.py install python setup.py install
The test suite in this library new, so it's rather thin, but it can be ran with:: The test suite in this library is new, so it's rather thin, but it can be run with::
python setup.py test python setup.py test
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ There's only one function to use::
>>> from num2words import num2words >>> from num2words import num2words
>>> num2words(42) >>> num2words(42)
forty-two forty-two
>>> num2words(42, to='cardinal') >>> num2words(42, to='ordinal')
forty-second forty-second
>>> num2words(42, lang='fr') >>> num2words(42, lang='fr')
quarante-deux quarante-deux
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ Besides the numerical argument, there's two optional arguments.
* ``lv`` (Latvian) * ``lv`` (Latvian)
* ``no`` (Norwegian) * ``no`` (Norwegian)
* ``pl`` (Polish) * ``pl`` (Polish)
* ``pt_BR`` (Brazilian Portuguese) * ``pt_BR`` (Portuguese - Brazilian)
* ``sl`` (Slovene) * ``sl`` (Slovene)
* ``ru`` (Russian) * ``ru`` (Russian)
* ``tr`` (Turkish) * ``tr`` (Turkish)
@@ -84,7 +89,8 @@ Besides the numerical argument, there's two optional arguments.
* ``nl`` (Dutch) * ``nl`` (Dutch)
* ``uk`` (Ukrainian) * ``uk`` (Ukrainian)
You can supply values like ``fr_FR``, the code will be correctly interpreted. If You can supply values like ``fr_FR``; if the country doesn't exist but the
language does, the code will fall back to the base language (i.e. ``fr``). If
you supply an unsupported language, ``NotImplementedError`` is raised. you supply an unsupported language, ``NotImplementedError`` is raised.
Therefore, if you want to call ``num2words`` with a fallback, you can do:: Therefore, if you want to call ``num2words`` with a fallback, you can do::
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ Therefore, if you want to call ``num2words`` with a fallback, you can do::
History History
------- -------
``num2words`` is based on an old library, ``pynum2word`` created by Taro Ogawa ``num2words`` is based on an old library, ``pynum2word``, created by Taro Ogawa
in 2003. Unfortunately, the library stopped being maintained and the author in 2003. Unfortunately, the library stopped being maintained and the author
can't be reached. There was another developer, Marius Grigaitis, who in 2011 can't be reached. There was another developer, Marius Grigaitis, who in 2011
added Lithuanian support, but didn't take over maintenance of the project. added Lithuanian support, but didn't take over maintenance of the project.