Easy Number-to-Words Conversion in Make.com

Sometimes you need to turn a number into a word, for example instead of 7 you want to use the word seven.

There are several ways to do this, in and in this guide, I show you some easy ways to do it.

Let’s dive in 🤓

Method #1: switch function

The easiest method is by replacing numbers with one of the general functions.

With the switch() function, we can go through a list of options and return the first match.

So we could give a list of possible numbers, with the equivalent word for that number.

Here’s a simplified example with only numbers from 1 to 5, where the your_number item has the value 3.

switch(your_number;1;one;2;two;3;three;4;four;5;five)

= three

See what happened?

The your_number value has the value 3, and then it found the first match in the list and returned the value three next to it.

And you can do this too with numbers from 1 to 100:

switch(your_number;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;30;thirty;31;thirty-one;32;thirty-two;33;thirty-three;34;thirty-four;35;thirty-five;36;thirty-six;37;thirty-seven;38;thirty-eight;39;thirty-nine;40;forty;41;forty-one;42;forty-two;43;forty-three;44;forty-four;45;forty-five;46;forty-six;47;forty-seven;48;forty-eight;49;forty-nine;50;fifty;51;fifty-one;52;fifty-two;53;fifty-three;54;fifty-four;55;fifty-five;56;fifty-six;57;fifty-seven;58;fifty-eight;59;fifty-nine;60;sixty;61;sixty-one;62;sixty-two;63;sixty-three;64;sixty-four;65;sixty-five;66;sixty-six;67;sixty-seven;68;sixty-eight;69;sixty-nine;70;seventy;71;seventy-one;72;seventy-two;73;seventy-three;74;seventy-four;75;seventy-five;76;seventy-six;77;seventy-seven;78;seventy-eight;79;seventy-nine;80;eighty;81;eighty-one;82;eighty-two;83;eighty-three;84;eighty-four;85;eighty-five;86;eighty-six;87;eighty-seven;88;eighty-eight;89;eighty-nine;90;ninety;91;ninety-one;92;ninety-two;93;ninety-three;94;ninety-four;95;ninety-five;96;ninety-six;97;ninety-seven;98;ninety-eight;99;ninety-nine;100;one hundred)

= sixty-four

Copy and paste this into a field in Make.com to get the formula above:

{{switch(1.your_number; 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"; 30; "thirty"; 31; "thirty-one"; 32; "thirty-two"; 33; "thirty-three"; 34; "thirty-four"; 35; "thirty-five"; 36; "thirty-six"; 37; "thirty-seven"; 38; "thirty-eight"; 39; "thirty-nine"; 40; "forty"; 41; "forty-one"; 42; "forty-two"; 43; "forty-three"; 44; "forty-four"; 45; "forty-five"; 46; "forty-six"; 47; "forty-seven"; 48; "forty-eight"; 49; "forty-nine"; 50; "fifty"; 51; "fifty-one"; 52; "fifty-two"; 53; "fifty-three"; 54; "fifty-four"; 55; "fifty-five"; 56; "fifty-six"; 57; "fifty-seven"; 58; "fifty-eight"; 59; "fifty-nine"; 60; "sixty"; 61; "sixty-one"; 62; "sixty-two"; 63; "sixty-three"; 64; "sixty-four"; 65; "sixty-five"; 66; "sixty-six"; 67; "sixty-seven"; 68; "sixty-eight"; 69; "sixty-nine"; 70; "seventy"; 71; "seventy-one"; 72; "seventy-two"; 73; "seventy-three"; 74; "seventy-four"; 75; "seventy-five"; 76; "seventy-six"; 77; "seventy-seven"; 78; "seventy-eight"; 79; "seventy-nine"; 80; "eighty"; 81; "eighty-one"; 82; "eighty-two"; 83; "eighty-three"; 84; "eighty-four"; 85; "eighty-five"; 86; "eighty-six"; 87; "eighty-seven"; 88; "eighty-eight"; 89; "eighty-nine"; 90; "ninety"; 91; "ninety-one"; 92; "ninety-two"; 93; "ninety-three"; 94; "ninety-four"; 95; "ninety-five"; 96; "ninety-six"; 97; "ninety-seven"; 98; "ninety-eight"; 99; "ninety-nine"; 100; "one hundred"; "unknown")}}

Whatever number you throw into it from 1 to 100, it will now return the word equivalent.

As you can see, the formula gets long, but Make.com can handle this no problem.

But it gets difficult if it gets any longer, if you maybe have hundreds or even thousands of possible numbers, and maybe with decimals.

In that case, you need to use one of the other solutions below.

Method #2: use OpenAI

This is especially an easy method if you already use the OpenAI module in any of your other scenarios.

(not using OpenAI yet? Follow this tutorial first to learn how to connect it)

Instead of using yet another service, we can just ask OpenAI what the word equivalent of a number is.

I like to use this prompt: Convert the number {your_number} into its written word equivalent. Respond with only the word form of the number..

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Then, make sure to toggle Show advanced settings and set it like this:

• Response format: text
• Max completion tokens: 500
• Temperature: 0

Everything else you can leave as is, but this will ensure that OpenAI isn’t going to get too creative and stick to facts, haha.

So in this test run, you see that the first module contained the number 64 and it returned sixty-four:

You can then use the result of that module in another module 👇

And you can use this for any number, even really long ones:

849372556035298634065345.1312

= Eight hundred forty-nine septillion three hundred seventy-two sextillion five hundred fifty-six quintillion thirty-five quadrillion two hundred ninety-eight trillion six hundred thirty-four billion sixty-five million three hundred forty-five and one thousand three hundred twelve ten-thousandths

The cost of this conversion is incredibly low—this complex example costs just $0.00087. It’s hardly worth worrying about and is far more cost-effective than subscribing to a dedicated numbers-to-words API.

Method #3: custom script

This is only useful if you have access to the FTP of you website where you can upload files.

But I’ve made a simple script for you, that you can just upload, and can then use in Make.com.

Create a file called number-to-text.php and add this code:

<?php
// Allow cross-origin requests
header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *");
header("Content-Type: application/json");

function numberToWords($number) {
    $f = new NumberFormatter("en", NumberFormatter::SPELLOUT);
    return $f->format($number);
}

// Check if 'number' is passed in the URL
if (isset($_GET['number'])) {
    $number = $_GET['number'];

    // Validate the number input
    if (is_numeric($number)) {
        $word = numberToWords($number);
        echo json_encode(["number" => $number, "text" => $word]);
    } else {
        echo json_encode(["error" => "Invalid number. Please provide a valid numeric value."]);
    }
} else {
    echo json_encode(["error" => "No number provided. Use the 'number' parameter in the URL."]);
}
?>

Then, in your scenario, add a HTTP module with the Make a request action:

After that’s done, you can add the URL to your script with ?number= as a parameter.

https://example.com/number-to-text.php?number=your_number

And make sure to set Parse response to Yes.

And now, when the scenario runs, it will give you the text of the numbers 👇

And you can then easily map that into any other module or filter.

Conclusion

Need a simple conversion, like converting someones age to the word equavalent, then use the built-in switch() function.

For more complex numbers, or numbers with decimals, use the OpenAI module or the custom script.

Happy automating! 🙌