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The Time in Words

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  • zettix1
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    public static final String[] TO_TWENTY = {
        "one",
        "two",
        "three",
        "four",
        "five",
        "six",
        "seven",
        "eight",
        "nine",
        "ten",
        "eleven",
        "twelve",
        "thirteen",
        "fourteen",
        "quarter",
        "sixteen",
        "seventeen",
        "eigteen",
        "nineteen",
        "twenty"
    };
    
    public static String timeInWords(int h, int m) {
    // Write your code here
            List<String> numberwords = new ArrayList<>();
            for (String num : TO_TWENTY) {
                numberwords.add(num);
            }
            Set<String> special = new HashSet<>();
            special.add("quarter");
            special.add("half");
            for (int x = 0; x < 9; x++) {
                numberwords.add("twenty " + TO_TWENTY[x]);
            }
            numberwords.add("half");
            
            if (m > 30) {
                int hh = h + 1;
                if (hh > 12) {
                    hh = 1;
                }
                int m2 = 60 - m;
                String minutes = special.contains(numberwords.get(m2 - 1))? "" : " minute";
                if (! minutes.isEmpty() && m2 != 1) {
                    minutes += "s";
                }
                return numberwords.get(m2 - 1) + minutes + " to " + numberwords.get(hh - 1); 
            } else if (m >= 1) {
                String minutes = special.contains(numberwords.get(m - 1))? "" : " minute";
                if (! minutes.isEmpty() && m != 1) {
                    minutes += "s";
                }
                return numberwords.get(m - 1) + minutes +  " past " + numberwords.get(h - 1);
                
            } else {
                return numberwords.get(h - 1) + " o' clock";
            }       
    }
}
        bufferedWriter.close();
    }
}

  • mediumv
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    Maybe theres shorter way but this is what works for me (Python3)

    def timeInWords(h, m):
    # Write your code here
    # dictionary of hours
    numberList={
        1: 'one',
        2: 'two',
        3: 'three',
        4: 'four',
        5: 'five',
        6: 'six',
        7: 'seven',
        8: 'eight',
        9: 'nine',
        10: 'ten',
        11: 'eleven',
        12: 'twelve',
        13: 'thirteen',
        14: 'fourteen',
        15: 'fifteen',
        16: 'sixteen',
        17:'seventeen',
        18:'eighteen',
        19:'nineteen',
        20:"twenty",
        21:'twenty one',
        22:"twenty two",
        23:"twenty three",
        24:"twenty four",
        25:"twenty five",
        26:'twenty six',
        27:'twenty seven',
        28:"twenty eight",
        29:"twenty nine"
    }
   
    edges={
        0:"o' clock",
        15:"quarter past",
        30:"half past",
        45:"quarter to"
    }
    time=''
    #edge cases
    if m in (0,15,30,45):
        if m==0:
            time= numberList[h]+" "+ edges[m]
            
        elif m==15 or m==30:
            time=edges[m]+" "+numberList[h]

        elif m==45:
            nextHr=h+1 if h<12 else 1 #if currently 12:45, quarter to one
            time=edges[m]+" "+numberList[nextHr]
        return time 
            
    #cases: m<30
    else:
        if m<30:
            time=numberList[m] + f" minute{'s' if m>1 else ""} past "+numberList[h]
        #case: m>30
        else:
            remainingMin= 60-m
            nextHr=h+1 if h<12 else 1 #if currently 12:50, 10 minutes to one
            time=numberList[remainingMin] +f" minute{'s' if m>1 else ""} to "+numberList[nextHr]
        return time

  • luisagabrielahp
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    Mi solución en Python 3:

    def timeInWords(h, m):
    hours = ("one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", 
                        "seven", "eight", "nine", "ten", 
                        "eleven", "twelve")
    minutes = ("one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", 
                        "seven", "eight", "nine", "ten", 
                        "eleven", "twelve", "thirteen", 
                        "fourteen","fifteen", "sixteen", 
                        "seventeen", "eighteen", "ninteen", 
                        "twenty", "twenty one", "twenty two", 
                        "twenty three", "twenty four", 
                        "twenty five", "twenty six", 
                        "twenty seven", "twenty eight", 
                        "twenty nine")

    formats = {
        0: "%s o' clock",
        1: "one minute past %s",
        10: "ten minutes past %s",
        15: "quarter past %s",    
        30: "half past %s",
        40: "twenty minutes to %s",
        45: "quarter to %s",
    }

    time = ""

    if m in (0,1,10,15,30,40,45):
        k = 1 if m <= 30 else 0
        time = formats[m] % hours[h - k]
        
    elif (m < 30):
        hour = hours[h - 1]
        time = "{} minutes past {}".format(minutes[m - 1], hour)

    elif (m > 30):
        hour = hours[h]
        time = "{} minutes to {}".format(minutes[60 - m - 1], hour)

    return time

  • labesangela
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    Write your code here

    numbers=["zero","one","two","three","four","five","six","seven","eight","nine","ten","eleven","twelve","thirteen","fourteen","fifteen","sixteen","seventeen","eighteen","nineteen"]
m1=["o' clock","minute past","minutes past","quarter past","half past","minutes to","quarter to"]

text=""
if m==0:        
    text+=numbers[h]
    text+=" "+m1[0]
elif m ==1 :
    text=numbers[m]+" "+m1[1]+ " "+ numbers[h]
elif m>=2 and m<=14:
    text=numbers[m]+" "+m1[2]+" "+numbers[h]
elif m==15: 
     text=m1[3]+" "+numbers[h] 
elif m>=16 and m<=19:
    text=numbers[m]+" "+m1[2]+" "+numbers[h]
elif m>=20 and m<=29:
    min1=m%10
    text="twenty"+" "+numbers[min1]+" "+m1[2]+" "+numbers[h]
elif m==30:
    text=m1[4]+" "+numbers[h]
elif m>=31 and m<=39:
    min1=(60-m)%10
    text="twenty"+" "+numbers[min1]+" "+m1[5]+" "+numbers[h+1]
elif m==40:
    text="twenty"+" "+m1[5]+" "+numbers[h+1]
elif m==45:
    text=m1[6]+" "+numbers[h+1]
elif m>=46 and m<=49:
    min1=(60-m)
    text=numbers[min1]+" "+m1[5]+" "+numbers[h+1]
elif m==50:        
    text="ten"+" "+m1[5]+" "+numbers[h+1]
elif m>=51 and m<=58:
    min1=(60-m)
    text=numbers[min1]+" "+m1[5]+" "+numbers[h+1]
elif m==59:
    text="one minute to "+numbers[h+1]
else: text="ok"

return text

  • edgarmontiel961
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    This is my solution with Java HashMap

      public static String selectNumberInString(int n) {    
    HashMap<Integer, String> numbers = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
    numbers.put(1, "one");
    numbers.put(2, "two");
    numbers.put(3, "three");
    numbers.put(4, "four");
    numbers.put(5, "five");
    numbers.put(6, "six");
    numbers.put(7, "seven");
    numbers.put(8, "eight");
    numbers.put(9, "nine");
    numbers.put(10, "ten");
    numbers.put(11, "eleven");
    numbers.put(12, "twelve");
    numbers.put(13, "thirteen");
    numbers.put(14, "fourteen");
    numbers.put(15, "quarter");
    numbers.put(16, "sixteen");
    numbers.put(17, "seventeen");
    numbers.put(18, "eighteen");
    numbers.put(19, "nineteen");
    numbers.put(20, "twenty");
    numbers.put(21, "twenty one");
    numbers.put(22, "twenty two");
    numbers.put(23, "twenty three");
    numbers.put(24, "twenty four");
    numbers.put(25, "twenty five");
    numbers.put(26, "twenty six");
    numbers.put(27, "twenty seven");
    numbers.put(28, "twenty eight");
    numbers.put(29, "twenty nine");
    numbers.put(30, "half");

    return numbers.get(n);
  }
  
  public static String timeInWords(int h, int m) {
    // Write your code here

    if (m == 0) {
      return selectNumberInString(h) + " o' clock";
    }

    if (m == 30) {
      return selectNumberInString(m) + " past " + selectNumberInString(h);
    }

    if (m < 30) {
      String label = (m == 1) ? " minute" : " minutes";
      if (m == 15)
        label = "";
      return selectNumberInString(m) + label + " past " + selectNumberInString(h);
    }

    if (m > 30) {
      String label = (60 - m == 1) ? " minute" : " minutes";
      if (60 - m == 15)
        label = "";
      return selectNumberInString(60-m) + label + " to " + selectNumberInString(h + 1);
    }

    return "";
  }