NAME

Lingua::LAT::Word2Num - Word to number conversion in Latin

VERSION

version 0.2603300

Lingua::LAT::Word2Num is a module for converting Latin numerals into numbers. Converts whole numbers from 0 up to 999 999. Input is expected to be in UTF-8.

SYNOPSIS

use Lingua::LAT::Word2Num;

my $num = Lingua::LAT::Word2Num::w2n( 'septendecim' );

print defined($num) ? $num : "sorry, can't convert this text into number.";

Functions Reference

w2n (positional)

1   str    string to convert
=>  num    converted number
    undef  if input string is not known

Convert Latin text representation to number. You can specify a numeral from interval [0,999_999].

Handles Latin's subtractive forms (e.g. duodeviginti = 18, undetriginta = 29) and the additive exception for 98.

ordinal2cardinal (positional)

1   str    ordinal text (e.g. 'primus', 'tertius', 'vicesimus')
=>  str    cardinal text (e.g. 'unus', 'tres', 'viginti')
    undef  if input is not recognised as an ordinal

Convert Latin ordinal text to cardinal text (morphological reversal). Handles all three genders (-us/-a/-um), subtractive forms (duodevicesimus, undevicesimus), and compound ordinals.

lat_numerals (void)

=>  obj  new parser object

Internal parser.

EXPORT_OK

w2n

ordinal2cardinal

AUTHORS

specification, maintenance:
  Richard C. Jelinek E<lt>rj@petamem.comE<gt>
maintenance, coding (2025-present):
  PetaMem AI Coding Agents

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) PetaMem, s.r.o. 2004-present

LICENSE

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Artistic License 2.0 or the BSD 2-Clause License. See the LICENSE file in the distribution for details.