awk comment # prchecks - print formatted checks
awk comment # input: number \t amount \t payee
awk comment # output: eight lines of text for preprinted check forms
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awk code BEGIN {
awk code FS = "\t"
awk code dashes = sp45 = sprintf("%45s", " ")
awk code gsub(/ /, "-", dashes) # to protect the payee
awk code "date" | getline date # get today's date
awk code split(date, d, " ")
awk code date = d[2] " " d[3] ", " d[6]
awk code initnum() # set up tables for number conversion
awk code }
awk code NF != 3 || $2 >= 1000000 { # illegal data
awk code printf("\nline %d illegal:\n%s\n\nVOID\nVOID\n\n\n", NR, $0)
awk code next # no check printed
awk code }
awk code { printf("\n") # nothing on line 1
awk code printf("%s%s\n", sp45, $1) # number, indented 45 spaces
awk code printf("%s%s\n", sp45, date) # date, indented 45 spaces
awk code amt = sprintf("%.2f", $2) # formatted amount
awk code printf("Pay to %45.45s $%s\n", $3 dashes, amt) # line 4
awk code printf("the sum of %s\n", numtowords(amt)) # line 5
awk code printf("\n\n\n") # lines 6, 7 and 8
awk code }
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awk code function numtowords(n, cents, dols) { # n has 2 decimal places
awk code cents = substr(n, length(n)-1, 2)
awk code dols = substr(n, 1, length(n)-3)
awk code if (dols == 0)
awk code return "zero dollars and " cents " cents exactly"
awk code return intowords(dols) " dollars and " cents " cents exactly"
awk code }
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awk code function intowords(n) {
awk code n = int(n)
awk code if (n >= 1000)
awk code return intowords(n/1000) " thousand " intowords(n%1000)
awk code if (n >= 100)
awk code return intowords(n/100) " hundred " intowords(n%100)
awk code if (n >= 20)
awk code return tens[int(n/10)] " " intowords(n%10)
awk code return nums[n]
awk code }
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awk code function initnum() {
awk code split("one two three four five six seven eight nine " \
awk code prchecks "ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen " \
awk code prchecks "sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen", nums, " ")
awk code split("ten twenty thirty forty fifty sixty " \
awk code prchecks "seventy eighty ninety", tens, " ")
awk code }
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