toarabic

function toarabic( roman ) --> num

Description

Tries to convert the roman string to a number. If the string is not a valid roman value returns the function nil.

Parameters

roman

A roman number as string.

Return Values

num

The number value of the roman string or nil.

Code

--ZFUNC-toarabic-v1
local function toarabic( roman ) --> num
   local value_map = { M=1000, D=500, C=100, L=50, X=10, V=5, I=1 }
   local num = 0

   local i = 1
   roman = string.upper( roman )
   local strlen = #roman
   while i < strlen do
      local z1 = value_map[ string.sub( roman, i, i ) ]
      local z2 = value_map[ string.sub( roman, i + 1, i + 1 ) ]

      if not z1 or not z2 then return nil end

      if z1 < z2 then
         num = num + ( z2 - z1 )
         i = i + 2
      else
         num = num + z1
         i = i + 1
      end
   end

   if i <= strlen then num = num + value_map[ string.sub( roman, i, i ) ] end

   return num
end

return toarabic

Examples

local t = require( "taptest" )
local toarabic = require( "toarabic" )

t( toarabic( "LVII" ), 57 )
t( toarabic( "MDCLXVI" ), 1666 )
t( toarabic( "mcmxii" ), 1912 )
t( toarabic( "MCMXC" ), 1990 )
t( toarabic( "MMVIII" ), 2008 )

t( toarabic( "CDXCIX" ), 499 )
t( toarabic( "LDVLIV" ), 499 )
t( toarabic( "XDIX" ), 499 )
t( toarabic( "VDIV" ), 499 )
t( toarabic( "ID" ), 499 )

t( toarabic( "ROMAN" ), nil )

t()

Inspired by

See also