RosettaCodeData/Task/Roman-numerals-Decode/QB64/roman-numerals-decode.qb64
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SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(400, 600, 32)
CLS
Main:
'------------------------------------------------
' CALLS THE romToDec FUNCTION WITH THE ROMAN
' NUMERALS AND RETURNS ITS DECIMAL EQUIVELENT.
'
PRINT "ROMAN NUMERAL TO DECIMAL CONVERSION"
PRINT: PRINT
PRINT "MDCCIV = "; romToDec("MDCCIV") '1704
PRINT "MCMXC = "; romToDec("MCMXC") '1990
PRINT "MMVIII = "; romToDec("MMVIII") '2008
PRINT "MDCLXVI = "; romToDec("MDCLXVI") '1666
PRINT: PRINT
PRINT "Here are other solutions not from the TASK:"
PRINT "MCMXCIX = "; romToDec("MCMXCIX") '1999
PRINT "XXV = "; romToDec("XXV") '25
PRINT "CMLIV = "; romToDec("CMLIV") '954
PRINT "MMXI = "; romToDec("MMXI") '2011
PRINT "MMIIIX = "; romToDec("MMIIIX") '2011
PRINT: PRINT
PRINT "2011 can be written either as MMXI or MMIIIX"
PRINT "With the IX = 9, MMIIIX is also 2011."
PRINT "2011 IS CORRECT (MM=2000 + II = 2 + IX = 9)"
END
FUNCTION romToDec (roman AS STRING)
'------------------------------------------------------
' FUNCTION THAT CONVERTS ANY ROMAN NUMERAL TO A DECIMAL
'
prenum = 0: num = 0
LN = LEN(roman)
FOR i = LN TO 1 STEP -1
x$ = MID$(roman, i, 1)
n = 1000
SELECT CASE x$
CASE "M": n = n / 1
CASE "D": n = n / 2
CASE "C": n = n / 10
CASE "L": n = n / 20
CASE "X": n = n / 100
CASE "V": n = n / 200
CASE "I": n = n / n
CASE ELSE: n = 0
END SELECT
IF n < prenum THEN num = num - n ELSE num = num + n
prenum = n
NEXT i
romToDec = num
END FUNCTION