RosettaCodeData/Task/Roman-numerals-Decode/Lasso/roman-numerals-decode.lasso
2023-07-01 13:44:08 -04:00

23 lines
720 B
Text

define br => '\r'
//decode roman
define decodeRoman(roman::string)::integer => {
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 = integer)
while(#roman->size) => {
// need to use neset while instead of query expr to utilize loop_abort
while(loop_count <= #ref->size) => {
if(#roman->beginswith(#ref->get(loop_count)->first)) => {
#out += #ref->get(loop_count)->second
#roman->remove(1,#ref->get(loop_count)->first->size)
loop_abort
}
}
}
return #out
}
'MCMXC as integer is '+decodeRoman('MCMXC')
br
'MMVIII as integer is '+decodeRoman('MMVIII')
br
'MDCLXVI as integer is '+decodeRoman('MDCLXVI')