Project Euler - Problem 17 (Match-based Solution)

Problem


If the numbers 1 to 5 are written out in words: one, two, three, four, five, then there are 3 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 4 = 19 letters used in total.


If all the numbers from 1 to 1000 (one thousand) inclusive were written out in words, how many letters would be used?


NOTE: Do not count spaces or hyphens. For example, 342 (three hundred and forty-two) contains 23 letters and 115 (one hundred and fifteen) contains 20 letters. The use of "and" when writing out numbers is in compliance with British usage.


Note


I have done two (2) solutions for this problem. The original in a prior post requires less code, but is 'ugly' and is less reusable that this match-based solution. This solution is based on smaller methods using the match function, with larger number functions able to call and reuse code from the functions for smaller numbers.  Calling the method is much cleaner as well.


Solution (Match-Based)



let GetThousandthsLetters prefix fourth third second first = 
    match fourth with
        | 0 -> " " + GetHundredthsLetters prefix third second first
        | 1 -> "one thousand " + GetHundredthsLetters prefix third second first
        | 2 -> "two thousand " + GetHundredthsLetters prefix third second first
        | 3 -> "three thousand " + GetHundredthsLetters prefix third second first
        | 4 -> "four thousand " + GetHundredthsLetters prefix third second first
        | 5 -> "five thousand " + GetHundredthsLetters prefix third second first
        | 6 -> "six thousand " + GetHundredthsLetters prefix third second first
        | 7 -> "seven thousand " + GetHundredthsLetters prefix third second first
        | 8 -> "eight thousand " + GetHundredthsLetters prefix third second first
        | 9 -> "nine thousand " + GetHundredthsLetters prefix third second first


let GetHundredthsLetters prefix third second first = 
    match third with
        | 0 -> match second with
                | 0 -> ""
                | _ -> prefix + GetTenthsLetters second first
        | 1 -> match second with
                | 0 -> match first with
                        | 0 -> "one hundred"
                        | _ -> "one hundred" + prefix + GetFirstDigitLetters first
                | _ -> "one hundred" + prefix + GetTenthsLetters second first
        | 2 -> match second with
                | 0 -> match first with
                        | 0 -> "two hundred"
                        | _ -> "two hundred" + prefix + GetFirstDigitLetters first
                | _ -> "two hundred" + prefix + GetTenthsLetters second first
        | 3 -> match second with
                | 0 -> match first with
                        | 0 -> "three hundred"
                        | _ -> "three hundred" + prefix + GetFirstDigitLetters first
                | _ -> "three hundred" + prefix + GetTenthsLetters second first
        | 4 -> match second with
                | 0 -> match first with
                        | 0 -> "four hundred"
                        | _ -> "four hundred" + prefix + GetFirstDigitLetters first
                | _ -> "four hundred" + prefix + GetTenthsLetters second first
        | 5 -> match second with
                | 0 -> match first with
                        | 0 -> "five hundred"
                        | _ -> "five hundred" + prefix + GetFirstDigitLetters first
                | _ -> "five hundred" + prefix + GetTenthsLetters second first
        | 6 -> match second with
                | 0 -> match first with
                        | 0 -> "six hundred"
                        | _ -> "six hundred" + prefix + GetFirstDigitLetters first
                | _ -> "six hundred" + prefix + GetTenthsLetters second first
        | 7 -> match second with
                | 0 -> match first with
                        | 0 -> "seven hundred"
                        | _ -> "seven hundred" + prefix + GetFirstDigitLetters first
                | _ -> "seven hundred" + prefix + GetTenthsLetters second first
        | 8 -> match second with
                | 0 -> match first with
                        | 0 -> "eight hundred"
                        | _ -> "eight hundred" + prefix + GetFirstDigitLetters first
                | _ -> "eight hundred" + prefix + GetTenthsLetters second first
        | 9 -> match second with
                | 0 -> match first with
                        | 0 -> "nine hundred"
                        | _ -> "nine hundred" + prefix + GetFirstDigitLetters first
                | _ -> "nine hundred" + prefix + GetTenthsLetters second first


let GetTenthsLetters second first = 
    match second with
    | 0 -> match first with
            | 0 -> ""
            | _ -> GetFirstDigitLetters first 
    | 1 -> match first with
            | 0 -> "ten"
            | 1 -> "eleven"
            | 2 -> "twelve"
            | 3 -> "thirteen"
            | 4 -> "fourteen"
            | 5 -> "fifteen"
            | 6 -> "sixteen"
            | 7 -> "seventeen"
            | 8 -> "eighteen"
            | 9 -> "nineteen"
    | 2 -> match first with
            | 0 -> "twenty"
            | _ -> "twenty" + "-" + GetFirstDigitLetters first
    | 3 -> match first with
            | 0 -> "thirty"
            | _ -> "thirty" + "-" + GetFirstDigitLetters first
    | 4 -> match first with
            | 0 -> "forty"
            | _ -> "forty" + "-" + GetFirstDigitLetters first
    | 5 -> match first with
            | 0 -> "fifty"
            | _ -> "fifty" + "-" + GetFirstDigitLetters first
    | 6 -> match first with
            | 0 -> "sixty"
            | _ -> "sixty" + "-" + GetFirstDigitLetters first
    | 7 -> match first with
            | 0 -> "seventy"
            | _ -> "seventy" + "-" + GetFirstDigitLetters first
    | 8 -> match first with
            | 0 -> "eighty"
            | _ -> "eighty" + "-" + GetFirstDigitLetters first
    | 9 -> match first with
            | 0 -> "ninety"
            | _ -> "ninety" + "-" + GetFirstDigitLetters first
        
let GetFirstDigitLetters num = 
    match num with
        | 0 -> ""
        | 1 -> "one"
        | 2 -> "two"
        | 3 -> "three"
        | 4 -> "four"
        | 5 -> "five"
        | 6 -> "six"
        | 7 -> "seven"
        | 8 -> "eight"
        | 9 -> "nine"


let ConvertNumberToString num = 
    let numAsString = num.ToString()
    let numCharArray = numAsString.ToCharArray()
    let numIntArray = numCharArray |> Array.map (fun x -> System.Int32.Parse(x.ToString()))
    let ln = numIntArray.Length
    if ln = 4 then
        let result = GetThousandthsLetters " and " numIntArray.[0] numIntArray.[1] numIntArray.[2] numIntArray.[3]
        result
    elif ln = 3 then
        let result = GetHundredthsLetters " and " numIntArray.[0] numIntArray.[1] numIntArray.[2]
        result
    elif ln = 2 then
        let result = GetTenthsLetters numIntArray.[0] numIntArray.[1]
        result
    else
        let result = GetFirstDigitLetters numIntArray.[0]
        result


let testNumber = 
    let arrWords = [1..1000] |> List.map (fun x -> ConvertNumberToString x)
    let arrWordsMinusSpaces = arrWords |> List.map (fun x -> x.Replace(" ", ""))
    let arrWordsMinusHyphen = arrWordsMinusSpaces |> List.map (fun x -> x.Replace("-", ""))
    let arrLengths = arrWordsMinusHyphen |> List.map (fun x-> x.Length)
    List.sum arrLengths