english

2020.7.0 verified Mon Apr 27 auth: no python

A utility library for English language processing in Python, providing tools for number-to-words conversion, date formatting, and ordinal/noun inflection. Version 2020.7.0 (July 2020) is the only release; the project appears to be in maintenance mode with no recent updates.

pip install english==2020.7.0

Common errors

error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'english' ↓

cause Package not installed.

fix

pip install english==2020.7.0

error AttributeError: module 'english' has no attribute 'number_to_words' ↓

cause Wrong import path; number_to_words is a top-level function.

fix

from english import number_to_words

Warnings

gotcha The library is case-sensitive and expects lowercase strings for some functions (e.g., ordinal conversion).

deprecated No official deprecations announced, but the library has not been updated since 2020; consider using `inflect` or `num2words` for active maintenance.

Imports

english
```
import english
```
Correct import

number_to_words

wrong

import english; english.number_to_words

correct

from english import number_to_words

Function at top-level; no submodules

Quickstart

Convert numbers to English words.

from english import number_to_words

print(number_to_words(42))
# Output: 'forty-two'