Convert Numbers To Word In Excel (Spell Number)

Copy Spell Number VBA Code for FREE ..!! No more worries about converting the number to word manually in Excel. It happens often time we wish to convert number to text, currently, there is no built-in function in Excel but yet with the help of VBA we can manage to do it.

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'******************************************************
' Orginal Code from the Microsoft Office Support Site
Option Explicit
'Main Function
Function SpellNumber(ByVal MyNumber)
Dim Dollars, Cents, Temp
Dim DecimalPlace, Count
ReDim Place(9) As String

Place(2) = " Thousand "
Place(3) = " Million "
Place(4) = " Billion "
Place(5) = " Trillion "

' String representation of amount.

MyNumber = Trim(Str(MyNumber))
' Position of decimal place 0 if none.
DecimalPlace = InStr(MyNumber, ".")
' Convert cents and set MyNumber to dollar amount.
If DecimalPlace > 0 Then
    Cents = GetTens(Left(Mid(MyNumber, DecimalPlace + 1) & "00", 2))
    MyNumber = Trim(Left(MyNumber, DecimalPlace - 1))
End If

Count = 1

Do While MyNumber <> ""
    Temp = GetHundreds(Right(MyNumber, 3))
        If Temp <> "" Then Dollars = Temp & Place(Count) & Dollars
            If Len(MyNumber) > 3 Then
                MyNumber = Left(MyNumber, Len(MyNumber) - 3)
            Else
                MyNumber = ""
        End If
    Count = Count + 1
Loop

Select Case Dollars
    Case ""
        Dollars = "No Dollars"
    Case "One"
        Dollars = "One Dollar"
    Case Else
        Dollars = Dollars & " Dollars"
End Select

Select Case Cents
    Case ""
        Cents = " and No Cents"
    Case "One"
        Cents = " and One Cent"
    Case Else
        Cents = " and " & Cents & " Cents"
End Select

SpellNumber = Dollars & Cents

End Function
  
' Converts a number from 100-999 into text
Function GetHundreds(ByVal MyNumber)
Dim Result As String
    
    If Val(MyNumber) = 0 Then Exit Function
        MyNumber = Right("000" & MyNumber, 3)
        'Convert the hundreds place.
            If Mid(MyNumber, 1, 1) <> "0" Then
                Result = GetDigit(Mid(MyNumber, 1, 1)) & " Hundred "
            End If
        ' Convert the tens and ones place.
        If Mid(MyNumber, 2, 1) <> "0" Then
            Result = Result & GetTens(Mid(MyNumber, 2))
        Else
            Result = Result & GetDigit(Mid(MyNumber, 3))
    End If
GetHundreds = Result
End Function

' Converts a number from 10 to 99 into text.
Function GetTens(TensText)
Dim Result As String
Result = "" ' Null out the temporary function value.
    If Val(Left(TensText, 1)) = 1 Then ' If value between 10-19...
        Select Case Val(TensText)    
            Case 10: Result = "Ten"
            Case 11: Result = "Eleven"
            Case 12: Result = "Twelve"
            Case 13: Result = "Thirteen"
            Case 14: Result = "Fourteen"
            Case 15: Result = "Fifteen"
            Case 16: Result = "Sixteen"
            Case 17: Result = "Seventeen"
            Case 18: Result = "Eighteen"
            Case 19: Result = "Nineteen"           
            Case Else      
        End Select

    Else ' If value between 20-99...

        Select Case Val(Left(TensText, 1))
        
            Case 2: Result = "Twenty "
            Case 3: Result = "Thirty "
            Case 4: Result = "Forty "
            Case 5: Result = "Fifty "
            Case 6: Result = "Sixty "
            Case 7: Result = "Seventy "
            Case 8: Result = "Eighty "
            Case 9: Result = "Ninety "
            Case Else
        
        End Select
    
        Result = Result & GetDigit(Right(TensText, 1))  ' Retrieve ones place.

    End If

GetTens = Result

End Function

' Converts a number from 1 to 9 into text.

Function GetDigit(Digit)

  Select Case Val(Digit)
      Case 1: GetDigit = "One"
      Case 2: GetDigit = "Two"
      Case 3: GetDigit = "Three"
      Case 4: GetDigit = "Four"
      Case 5: GetDigit = "Five"
      Case 6: GetDigit = "Six"
      Case 7: GetDigit = "Seven"
      Case 8: GetDigit = "Eight"
      Case 9: GetDigit = "Nine"
      Case Else: GetDigit = ""
  End Select

End Function

Open the VBA editor by going to Developer tab [shortcut-key ALT + F11] (How to Active Developer Tab)

Open VBA Editor

Make sure to select the correct workbook you wish to paste your code

Go to insert -> Module [shortcut-key ALT + I + M]

Insert Module In Excel VBA

Once the module is inserted paste the code into the module [shortcut-key CTRL + V] and close the VBA Editor or press Alt + Q to switch Excel Workbook.

Paste the code In Editor

Now let’s go and call the beautiful function SpellNumber() WOW!!

Spellnumber in excel

Make sure when you close the file it must be saved as XLSM format or else you will lose the code which was pasted in the module

Save Macro File

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Thanks it works

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