// Converts between integers and Roman Numeral strings. // // Currently only supports Roman Numerals without viniculum (1-3999) and will throw an error for // numbers outside of that range. // // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#Large_numbers package romannumeral import ( "errors" "strings" ) const ( _maxRoman = 3999 _minRoman = 1 ) var ( InvalidRomanNumeral = errors.New("invalid roman numeral") IntegerOutOfBounds = errors.New("integer must be between 1 and 3999") ) // numeral describes the value and symbol of a single roman numeral type numeral struct { val int sym string } // _numerals are all unique numerals ordered from largest to smallest var _numerals = []numeral{ {1000, "M"}, {900, "CM"}, {500, "D"}, {400, "CD"}, {100, "C"}, {90, "XC"}, {50, "L"}, {40, "XL"}, {10, "X"}, {9, "IX"}, {5, "V"}, {4, "IV"}, {1, "I"}, } // FromInt converts an integer value to a roman numeral string. An error is // returned if the integer is not between 1 and 3999. func FromInt(input int) (string, error) { if outOfBounds(input) { return "", IntegerOutOfBounds } return intToRoman(input), nil } // outOfBounds checks to ensure an input value is valid for roman numerals without the need of // vinculum (used for values of 4,000 and greater) func outOfBounds(input int) bool { return input < _minRoman || input > _maxRoman } func intToRoman(input int) string { var output string for _, rom := range _numerals { for input >= rom.val { output += rom.sym input -= rom.val } } return output } // ToInt converts a roman numeral string to an integer. Roman numerals for numbers // outside of the range 1 to 3999 will return an error. func ToInt(input string) (int, error) { if input == "" { return 0, nil } if output, ok := romanToInt(input); ok { return output, nil } return 0, InvalidRomanNumeral } func romanToInt(input string) (int, bool) { var output int for _, rom := range _numerals { for strings.HasPrefix(input, rom.sym) { output += rom.val input = input[len(rom.sym):] } } // If we are still left with input string values then the // input was invalid and the bool is returned as False return output, len(input) == 0 }