Would it not make more sense for the numbering to cover the entire alphabet rather than the first 10 characters? Base 26 (or however many characters greek has) rather than base 10

Would it not make more sense for the numbering to cover the entire alphabet rather than the first 10 characters? Base 26 (or however many characters greek has) rather than base 10

Hi @Jamesxx I think the main issue is definition on what is the Greek numeral system. I believe the system you just described is called lower-greek which represent 11 as λ (the 11-th char of the alphabet), while the greek numbering system is a decimal-like system (though with a different set of chars), 11 is represented by "ιαʹ" (where "ι" is 10 and "α" is 1).

That being said, it seems to me that both should be implemented if permitted.

I merged with main and tidied up the tests. While doing that I noticed that the number 2000000001 comes out differently with your code than with the online converter:

• Your code: "βΜκʹ, αΜαʹ
• Online converter: βΜκʹ, αʹ

Regarding the letter. It think we should use α and Α. Yes, the uppercase variant looks just like a normal A, but it is the only consistent choice. You can always write sym.Alpha and I also like the idea (forget where it was presented) to allow long-form numberings like {greek} and as soon as there is a brace-style numbering, implicit numbering is disabled.

I merged with main and tidied up the tests. While doing that I noticed that the number 2000000001 comes out differently with your code than with the online converter:

• Your code: "βΜκʹ, αΜαʹ
• Online converter: βΜκʹ, αʹ

Sorry, I did not realize it is so long ago and almost forgot this PR. I have just updated the PR with a fix and added more test cases.

Regarding the letter. It think we should use α and Α.

the current way should be this case, using the α and Α.

I also like the idea (forget where it was presented) to allow long-form numberings like {greek}

I like this idea as well! I am interested it supporting it but do not know how to start with it, do you have some hint/high level ideas on how to do it? that would be great.

I have just updated the PR with a fix and added more test cases.

Thanks!

the current way should be this case, using the α and Α.

Yep.

I like this idea as well! I am interested it supporting it but do not know how to start with it, do you have some hint/high level ideas on how to do it? that would be great.

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Thank you!