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18.14. Number formattingTypeset example 18.1: TeX’s minimum number in words (English style)The minimum number in TeX is minus two billion, one hundred and forty-sevenmillion, four hundred and eighty-three thousand, six hundred and forty-seven (i.e.,-2, 147, 483, 647)Some examples are:\fordinal{3} -> 3rd\fordinal{12341} -> 12, 341st\renewcommand{\ordscript}[1]{\textsuperscript{#1}}\fordinal{1234567} -> 1, 234, 567 th\ordinal{1234567} -> 1234567 thThis is the \ordinal{\value{chapter}} chapter. -> This is the 18 th chapter.The characters denoting the ordinal (ordination?) are typeset as the argument of\ordscript, whose default definition is:\newcommand{\ordscript}[1]{#1}As the above examples show, this can be changed to give a different appearance.\nthstring \iststring \iindstring \iiirdstringThe ordinal characters are the values of the macros \nthstring (default: th) for most ordinals,\iststring (default: st) for ordinals ending in 1 like 21 st , \iindstring (default:nd) for ordinals like 22 nd , and \iiirdstring (default: rd) for ordinals like 23 rd .18.14.2 Named numbers\numtoname{〈number〉}\numtoName{〈number〉}\NumToName{〈number〉}The macro \numtoname typesets its 〈number〉 argument using lowercase words. The othertwo macros are similar, except that \numtoName uses uppercase for the initial letter of thefirst word and \NumToName uses uppercase for the initial letters of all the words.As examples:\numtoname{12345} -> twelve thousand, three hundred and forty-five\numtoName{12345} -> Twelve thousand, three hundred and forty-five\NumToName{12345} -> Twelve Thousand, Three Hundred and Forty-FiveSource for example 18.1The minimum number in TeX is \numtoname{-2147483647}(i.e., \fcardinal{-2147483647})333