RosettaCodeData/Task/Roman-numerals-Decode/Go/roman-numerals-decode-1.go
2023-07-01 13:44:08 -04:00

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Go

package main
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
)
var m = map[rune]int{
'I': 1,
'V': 5,
'X': 10,
'L': 50,
'C': 100,
'D': 500,
'M': 1000,
}
func parseRoman(s string) (r int, err error) {
if s == "" {
return 0, errors.New("Empty string")
}
is := []rune(s) // easier to convert string up front
var c0 rune // c0: roman character last read
var cv0 int // cv0: value of cv
// the key to the algorithm is to process digits from right to left
for i := len(is) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
// read roman digit
c := is[i]
k := c == '\u0305' // unicode overbar combining character
if k {
if i == 0 {
return 0, errors.New(
"Overbar combining character invalid at position 0")
}
i--
c = is[i]
}
cv := m[c]
if cv == 0 {
if c == 0x0305 {
return 0, fmt.Errorf(
"Overbar combining character invalid at position %d", i)
} else {
return 0, fmt.Errorf(
"Character unrecognized as Roman digit: %c", c)
}
}
if k {
c = -c // convention indicating overbar
cv *= 1000
}
// handle cases of new, same, subtractive, changed, in that order.
switch {
default: // case 4: digit change
fallthrough
case c0 == 0: // case 1: no previous digit
c0 = c
cv0 = cv
case c == c0: // case 2: same digit
case cv*5 == cv0 || cv*10 == cv0: // case 3: subtractive
// handle next digit as new.
// a subtractive digit doesn't count as a previous digit.
c0 = 0
r -= cv // subtract...
continue // ...instead of adding
}
r += cv // add, in all cases except subtractive
}
return r, nil
}
func main() {
// parse three numbers mentioned in task description
for _, r := range []string{"MCMXC", "MMVIII", "MDCLXVI"} {
v, err := parseRoman(r)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
} else {
fmt.Println(r, "==", v)
}
}
}