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[Rust function](https://docs.rs/shortscale)
Converts numbers into English words using the [short scale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Comparison).
Supports positive integers from 0 to 999_999_999_999_999_999.
### library function signature
```rust
pub fn shortscale(num: u64) -> String
```
### Example
```rust
assert_eq!(
shortscale(420_000_999_015),
"four hundred and twenty billion nine hundred \
and ninety nine thousand and fifteen"
);
```
For the JavaScript version see [jldec/shortscale](https://github.com/jldec/shortscale).