number-to-words-id

🔢 Convert numbers into words (terbilang) in Bahasa Indonesia 🇮🇩, Bahasa Malaysia 🇲🇾, and English 🇬🇧. Lightweight, zero dependencies, and ready for financial or general use.

✨ Features

• Convert numbers to words in 3 languages (Indonesia, Malaysia, English)
• Support up to trillion / triliun / trilion
• Optional currency formatting (IDR, MYR, USD) with fallback support
• Decimal numbers support (koma, perpuluhan, point)
• Currency decimals (sen, cents)
• Ordinal numbers (pertama, first, etc.)
• Dual package support (CommonJS + ES Modules)
• TypeScript definitions included
• Zero dependencies

📦 Installation

npm install number-to-words-id

🚀 Usage

Basic Usage

const { toWords } = require("number-to-words-id");
// or
import { toWords } from "number-to-words-id";

console.log(toWords(12500, { lang: "id" }));
// "dua belas ribu lima ratus"

console.log(toWords(12500, { lang: "en" }));
// "twelve thousand five hundred"

console.log(toWords(12500, { lang: "ms" }));
// "dua belas ribu lima ratus"

Currency Formatting

// Indonesian Rupiah
console.log(toWords(50000, { lang: "id", currency: "IDR" }));
// "lima puluh ribu rupiah"

// Malaysian Ringgit
console.log(toWords(500, { lang: "ms", currency: "MYR" }));
// "lima ratus ringgit"

// US Dollar
console.log(toWords(12500, { lang: "en", currency: "USD" }));
// "twelve thousand five hundred US dollars"

// Fallback for unsupported currencies
console.log(toWords(1000, { lang: "id", currency: "JPY" }));
// "seribu jpy"

Decimal Numbers

// Indonesian (koma)
console.log(toWords("12.34", { lang: "id" }));
// "dua belas koma tiga empat"

// Malaysian (perpuluhan)
console.log(toWords("12.34", { lang: "ms" }));
// "dua belas perpuluhan tiga empat"

// English (point)
console.log(toWords("12.34", { lang: "en" }));
// "twelve point three four"

Currency with Decimals

console.log(toWords("1250.75", { lang: "id", currency: "IDR" }));
// "seribu dua ratus lima puluh rupiah tujuh puluh lima sen"

console.log(toWords("1250.75", { lang: "ms", currency: "MYR" }));
// "seribu dua ratus lima puluh ringgit tujuh puluh lima sen"

console.log(toWords("1250.75", { lang: "en", currency: "USD" }));
// "one thousand two hundred fifty US dollars and seventy-five cents"

Ordinal Numbers

// Indonesian
console.log(toWords(1, { lang: "id", type: "ordinal" }));
// "pertama"

console.log(toWords(21, { lang: "id", type: "ordinal" }));
// "kedua puluh satu"

// English
console.log(toWords(1, { lang: "en", type: "ordinal" }));
// "first"

console.log(toWords(21, { lang: "en", type: "ordinal" }));
// "twenty-first"

// Malaysian
console.log(toWords(10, { lang: "ms", type: "ordinal" }));
// "kesepuluh"

🧪 Testing

npm test

Jest is used for testing. All tests must pass before publishing.

📂 Project Structure

src/       → main source code
test/      → jest test suite
examples/  → usage examples
.github/   → CI workflows

🌐 Integration Examples

💡 More examples available in the examples/ folder!

Express.js API

const express = require("express");
const { toWords } = require("number-to-words-id");

const app = express();

app.get("/terbilang/:num", (req, res) => {
  const num = req.params.num;
  const lang = req.query.lang || "id";
  const currency = req.query.currency;
  const type = req.query.type || "cardinal";

  const result = toWords(num, { lang, currency, type });
  res.json({ input: num, lang, result });
});

app.listen(3000, () => console.log("API running on http://localhost:3000"));

➡️ Example:

GET http://localhost:3000/terbilang/12500?lang=id&currency=IDR
{
  "input": "12500",
  "lang": "id",
  "result": "dua belas ribu lima ratus rupiah"
}

Vue 3

<script setup>
import { ref } from "vue";
import { toWords } from "number-to-words-id";

const input = ref(1234);
const output = ref("");

function convert() {
  output.value = toWords(input.value, { lang: "id", currency: "IDR" });
}
</script>

<template>
  <div>
    <input v-model="input" type="number" />
    <button @click="convert">Convert</button>
    <p>{{ output }}</p>
  </div>
</template>

React

import React, { useState } from "react";
import { toWords } from "number-to-words-id";

export default function App() {
  const [num, setNum] = useState(1234);
  const [result, setResult] = useState("");

  const handleConvert = () => {
    setResult(toWords(num, { lang: "en", currency: "USD" }));
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <input
        type="number"
        value={num}
        onChange={(e) => setNum(e.target.value)}
      />
      <button onClick={handleConvert}>Convert</button>
      <p>{result}</p>
    </div>
  );
}

📜 API

toWords(num, options?)

Convert a number to words.

Parameters:

• num (number | string): Number to convert (string for decimal support)
• options (object, optional):
  • lang (string): Language code - "id", "en", or "ms" (default: "id")
  • currency (string): Currency code - "IDR", "MYR", "USD", or any string (default: none)
  • type (string): Number type - "cardinal" or "ordinal" (default: "cardinal")

Returns: string - The number converted to words

Example:

toWords(12500, { lang: "id", currency: "IDR" });
// "dua belas ribu lima ratus rupiah"

toWords("99.99", { lang: "en" });
// "ninety-nine point nine nine"

toWords(1, { lang: "id", type: "ordinal" });
// "pertama"

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Ways to contribute:

• Report bugs and suggest features
• Submit pull requests
• Improve documentation
• Add more language support

📄 License

MIT © 2025