Excel doesn’t have a default function that displays numbers as English words in a worksheet, but you can add this capability by pasting the following NumberstoWords function code into a VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) module.
This function lets you convert dollar and cent amounts to words with a formula, so 22.50 would read as Twenty-Two Dollars and Fifty Cents. This can be very useful if you’re using Excel as a template to print checks.
Follow the following steps:
- Open Excel then Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Window.
- Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.
Function NumberstoWords(ByVal MyNumber)
'Update by Extendoffice
Dim xStr As String
Dim xFNum As Integer
Dim xStrPoint
Dim xStrNumber
Dim xPoint As String
Dim xNumber As String
Dim xP() As Variant
Dim xDP
Dim xCnt As Integer
Dim xResult, xT As String
Dim xLen As Integer
On Error Resume Next
xP = Array("", "Thousand ", "Million ", "Billion ", "Trillion ", " ", " ", " ", " ")
xNumber = Trim(Str(MyNumber))
xDP = InStr(xNumber, ".")
xPoint = ""
xStrNumber = ""
If xDP > 0 Then
xPoint = " point "
xStr = Mid(xNumber, xDP + 1)
xStrPoint = Left(xStr, Len(xNumber) - xDP)
For xFNum = 1 To Len(xStrPoint)
xStr = Mid(xStrPoint, xFNum, 1)
xPoint = xPoint & GetDigits(xStr) & " "
Next xFNum
xNumber = Trim(Left(xNumber, xDP - 1))
End If
xCnt = 0
xResult = ""
xT = ""
xLen = 0
xLen = Int(Len(Str(xNumber)) / 3)
If (Len(Str(xNumber)) Mod 3) = 0 Then xLen = xLen - 1
Do While xNumber <> ""
If xLen = xCnt Then
xT = GetHundredsDigits(Right(xNumber, 3), False)
Else
If xCnt = 0 Then
xT = GetHundredsDigits(Right(xNumber, 3), True)
Else
xT = GetHundredsDigits(Right(xNumber, 3), False)
End If
End If
If xT <> "" Then
xResult = xT & xP(xCnt) & xResult
End If
If Len(xNumber) > 3 Then
xNumber = Left(xNumber, Len(xNumber) - 3)
Else
xNumber = ""
End If
xCnt = xCnt + 1
Loop
xResult = xResult & xPoint
NumberstoWords = xResult
End Function
Function GetHundredsDigits(xHDgt, xB As Boolean)
Dim xRStr As String
Dim xStrNum As String
Dim xStr As String
Dim xI As Integer
Dim xBB As Boolean
xStrNum = xHDgt
xRStr = ""
On Error Resume Next
xBB = True
If Val(xStrNum) = 0 Then Exit Function
xStrNum = Right("000" & xStrNum, 3)
xStr = Mid(xStrNum, 1, 1)
If xStr <> "0" Then
xRStr = GetDigits(Mid(xStrNum, 1, 1)) & "Hundred "
Else
If xB Then
xRStr = "and "
xBB = False
Else
xRStr = " "
xBB = False
End If
End If
If Mid(xStrNum, 2, 2) <> "00" Then
xRStr = xRStr & GetTenDigits(Mid(xStrNum, 2, 2), xBB)
End If
GetHundredsDigits = xRStr
End Function
Function GetTenDigits(xTDgt, xB As Boolean)
Dim xStr As String
Dim xI As Integer
Dim xArr_1() As Variant
Dim xArr_2() As Variant
Dim xT As Boolean
xArr_1 = Array("Ten ", "Eleven ", "Twelve ", "Thirteen ", "Fourteen ", "Fifteen ", "Sixteen ", "Seventeen ", "Eighteen ", "Nineteen ")
xArr_2 = Array("", "", "Twenty ", "Thirty ", "Forty ", "Fifty ", "Sixty ", "Seventy ", "Eighty ", "Ninety ")
xStr = ""
xT = True
On Error Resume Next
If Val(Left(xTDgt, 1)) = 1 Then
xI = Val(Right(xTDgt, 1))
If xB Then xStr = "and "
xStr = xStr & xArr_1(xI)
Else
xI = Val(Left(xTDgt, 1))
If Val(Left(xTDgt, 1)) > 1 Then
If xB Then xStr = "and "
xStr = xStr & xArr_2(Val(Left(xTDgt, 1)))
xT = False
End If
If xStr = "" Then
If xB Then
xStr = "and "
End If
End If
If Right(xTDgt, 1) <> "0" Then
xStr = xStr & GetDigits(Right(xTDgt, 1))
End If
End If
GetTenDigits = xStr
End Function
Function GetDigits(xDgt)
Dim xStr As String
Dim xArr_1() As Variant
xArr_1 = Array("Zero ", "One ", "Two ", "Three ", "Four ", "Five ", "Six ", "Seven ", "Eight ", "Nine ")
xStr = ""
On Error Resume Next
xStr = xArr_1(Val(xDgt))
GetDigits = xStr
End Function
Once pasted. Close the VBA editor then inside a cell type =WordstoNumbers(
Click on the cell with number then enter!
Stay Happy!