Image to ASCII art using  PIL Python [Warning : sort of simple]

You may have heard about ASCII art,for those who haven't heard of it -

"Alternatively referred to as ANSI art, text art, or word art, ASCII art is the process of forming pictures or art out of the characters available in the ASCII chart." - Computerhope

It can be as simple as this

Or as good as this

                                                      

Lets create a simple program to convert a image into ascii art.

Some images converted to ascii art:

 

convert numbers into words in java

How to convert numbers into words in java

A simple program to convert a given number to words.For example 345123 will be three lakh forty five thousand one hundred and twenty three (according to indian locale) and also to three hundred and forty five thousand one hundred and twenty three(U.S locale).

Class to test and run the code