define br => '\r' // encode roman define encodeRoman(num::integer)::string => { local(ref = array('M'=1000, 'CM'=900, 'D'=500, 'CD'=400, 'C'=100, 'XC'=90, 'L'=50, 'XL'=40, 'X'=10, 'IX'=9, 'V'=5, 'IV'=4, 'I'=1)) local(out = string) with i in #ref do => { while(#num >= #i->second) => { #out->append(#i->first) #num -= #i->second } } return #out } '1990 in roman is '+encodeRoman(1990) br '2008 in roman is '+encodeRoman(2008) br '1666 in roman is '+encodeRoman(1666)