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num2word.py

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+'''
+Module: num2word.py
+Requires: num2word_*.py
+Version: 0.1
+
+Author:
+   Taro Ogawa (tso@users.sourceforge.org)
+   
+Copyright:
+    Copyright (c) 2003, Taro Ogawa.  All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licence:
+    This module is distributed under the Lesser General Public Licence.
+    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php
+
+Usage:
+    from num2word import to_card, to_ord, to_ordnum
+    to_card(1234567890)
+    to_ord(1234567890)
+    to_ordnum(12)
+
+Notes:
+    The module is a wrapper for language-specific modules.  It imports the
+    appropriate modules as defined by locale settings.  If unable to
+    load an appropriate module, an ImportError is raised.
+'''
+import locale as _locale
+
+# Correct omissions in locale:
+# Bugrep these...
+_locdict = { "English_Australia" : "en_AU", }
+
+
+_modules = []
+for _loc in [_locale.getlocale(), _locale.getdefaultlocale()]:
+    _lang = _loc[0]
+    if _lang:
+        _lang = _locdict.get(_lang, _lang)
+        _lang = _lang.upper()
+    
+        _modules.append("num2word_" + _lang)
+        _modules.append("num2word_" + _lang.split("_")[0])
+
+for _module in _modules:
+    try:
+        n2w = __import__(_module)
+        break
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+try:
+    to_card, to_ord, to_ordnum = n2w.to_card, n2w.to_ord, n2w.to_ordnum
+except NameError:
+    raise ImportError("Could not import any of these modules: %s"
+                          % (", ".join(_modules)))