Mechanism for Local Language Numeral Conversion in Dynamic Numeric Computing

• US 20110054881A1
• Filed: 11/02/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Bhalerao, Rahul
• Granted Patent: US 9,454,514 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/129 Handling non-Latin characters, e.g. kana-to-kanji conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/53 Processing of non-Latin text kana-to-kanji conversion G06F40/129; vowelisation G06F40/232

Abstract

A mechanism for local language numeral conversion in dynamic numeric computing is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes receiving a string array of numeric data in a local language, wherein the numeric data used in dynamic calculations performed by the application, converting characters of the string array of numeric data from local language characters to corresponding English digits in an American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format by utilizing a number conversion matrix, and providing the English digits in the ASCII format to a processing function of the application for use with the dynamic calculations of the application.

Claims

1. computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a string array of numeric data in a local language, wherein the numeric data used in dynamic calculations performed by an application of the computing device;

converting, by the computing device, characters of the string array of numeric data from local language characters to corresponding English digits in an American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format by utilizing a number conversion matrix; and

providing, by the computing device, the English digits in the ASCII format to a processing function of the application for use with the dynamic calculations of the application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving English numeric data from the dynamic calculations of the processing function of the application;

populating the received English numeric data into an English string array;

converting characters of the English string array from English to corresponding local language numeric characters by a utilizing the number conversion matrix; and

outputting the local language characters for display to an end user of the application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the number conversion matrix includes a row of English numeric digits and one or more rows of corresponding local language numeric characters.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the local language is Hindi.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the string array of numeric data in a local language is not known prior to execution of the application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein converting characters of the string array of numeric data further includes translating the local language characters to English numeric characters that are stored in another string array, and converting the another string array of English numeric characters to the ASCII format.

7. The method of claim 1, where a conversion module of the computing device performs the receiving, converting, and providing.

8. A system, comprising:

a memory;

a processor communicably coupled to the memory; and

an application executed from the processor and the memory and including a conversion module, the conversion module operable to;

receive a string array of numeric data in a local language, wherein the numeric data used in dynamic calculations performed by the application;

convert characters of the string array of numeric data from local language characters to corresponding English digits in an American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format by utilizing a number conversion matrix; and

provide the English digits in the ASCII format to a processing function of the application for use with the dynamic calculations of the application.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the conversion module further operable to:

receiving English numeric data from the dynamic calculations of the processing function of the application;

populate the received English numeric data into an English string array;

convert characters of the English string array from English to corresponding local language numeric characters by a utilizing the number conversion matrix; and

output the local language characters for display to an end user of the application.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the number conversion matrix includes a row of English numeric digits and one or more rows of corresponding local language numeric characters.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the local language is Hindi.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the string array of numeric data in a local language is not known prior to execution of the application.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein converting characters of the string array of numeric data further includes the conversion module operable to translate the local language characters to English numeric characters that are stored in another string array, and convert the another string array of English numeric characters to the ASCII format.