RosettaCodeData/Task/Roman-numerals-Decode/C/roman-numerals-decode.c
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#include <stdio.h>
int digits[26] = { 0, 0, 100, 500, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 50, 1000, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 5, 0, 10, 0, 0 };
/* assuming ASCII, do upper case and get index in alphabet. could also be
inline int VALUE(char x) { return digits [ (~0x20 & x) - 'A' ]; }
if you think macros are evil */
#define VALUE(x) digits[(~0x20 & (x)) - 'A']
int decode(const char * roman)
{
const char *bigger;
int current;
int arabic = 0;
while (*roman != '\0') {
current = VALUE(*roman);
/* if (!current) return -1;
note: -1 can be used as error code; Romans didn't even have zero
*/
bigger = roman;
/* look for a larger digit, like IV or XM */
while (VALUE(*bigger) <= current && *++bigger != '\0');
if (*bigger == '\0')
arabic += current;
else {
arabic += VALUE(*bigger);
while (roman < bigger)
arabic -= VALUE(* (roman++) );
}
roman ++;
}
return arabic;
}
int main()
{
const char * romans[] = { "MCmxC", "MMVIII", "MDClXVI", "MCXLUJ" };
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
printf("%s\t%d\n", romans[i], decode(romans[i]));
return 0;
}