IntegerToEnglishWords.java

Convert a non-negative integer to its english words representation. 
Given input is guaranteed to be less than 231 - 1.

Example 1:

Input: 123
Output: "One Hundred Twenty Three"
Example 2:

Input: 12345
Output: "Twelve Thousand Three Hundred Forty Five"


//TC: O(N) because the output is porportional to the number of digits in input of length N
//SC: O(1) because the output is just a string

class Solution {
  private final String[] LESS_THAN_20 = {"", "One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six", "Seven", "Eight", "Nine", "Ten", "Eleven", "Twelve", "Thirteen", "Fourteen", "Fifteen", "Sixteen", "Seventeen", "Eighteen", "Nineteen"};
private final String[] TENS = {"", "Ten", "Twenty", "Thirty", "Forty", "Fifty", "Sixty", "Seventy", "Eighty", "Ninety"};

    
    public String numberToWords(int num) {
        if(num == 0) return "Zero";
        return help(num);
}

public String help(int num) {
    String ret = "";
    if (num < 20) {
        ret = LESS_THAN_20[num];
    } else if (num < 100) {
        ret = TENS[num / 10] + " " + help(num % 10);
    } else if (num < 1000) {
        ret = help(num / 100) + " Hundred " + help(num % 100);
    } else if (num < 1000000) {
        ret = help(num / 1000) + " Thousand " + help(num % 1000);
    } else if (num < 1000000000) {
        ret = help(num / 1000000) + " Million " + help(num % 1000000);
    } else {
        ret = help(num / 1000000000) + " Billion " + help(num % 1000000000);
    }
    return ret.trim();
}
}