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Old 03-01-2004
echo "Enter number : \c"
read number
Len=`echo $number | awk -F"." '{print $1}' | awk '{print length}'`

case $Len in
1) echo One ;;
2) echo Ten ;;
3) echo Hundred ;;
4) echo Thousand ;;
5) echo Ten Hundred ;;
6) echo Million ;;
7) echo Ten Million ;;
8) echo Hunderd Million ;;
*) error: value exceeds limitations of program ;;
esac
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