From: Jan_K <non@...>
Date: 2006-04-04T03:43:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Learn to Program, by Chris Pine

Chapter 9, exercise 3 (page 76)

Modern Roman numerals. Eventually, someone thought it would
be terribly clever if putting a smaller number before a larger one 
meant you had to subtract the smaller one. As a result of this
development, you must now suffer. Rewrite your previous method
to return the new-style Roman numerals, so when someone calls
roman_numeral 4, it should return 'IV'.


Solution:
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def roman_numeral input
  
  while input < 1 || input > 3999
    puts 'Please enter a number between 1 and 3999'
    input = gets.chomp.to_i
  end
  
  m_mod = input%1000  
  d_mod = input%500
  c_mod = input%100
  l_mod = input%50
  x_mod = input%10
  v_mod = input%5
  
  m_div = input/1000
  d_div = m_mod/500
  c_div = d_mod/100
  l_div = c_mod/50
  x_div = l_mod/10
  v_div = x_mod/5
  i_div = v_mod/1

  m = 'M' * m_div
  d = 'D' * d_div
  c = 'C' * c_div
  l = 'L' * l_div
  x = 'X' * x_div
  v = 'V' * v_div
  i = 'I' * i_div

  if i == 'IIII' && v != 'V'
    i = 'IV'
  elsif i == 'IIII'
    v = 'IX'
    i = ''
  end
 
  if x == 'XXXX' && l != 'L'
    x = 'XL'
  elsif x == 'XXXX'
    l = 'XC'
    x = ''
  end
  
  if c == 'CCCC' && d != 'D'
    c = 'CD'
  elsif c == 'CCCC'
    d = 'CM'
    c = ''
  end

  puts m + d + c + l + x + v + i  
  
end

number = gets.chomp.to_i
roman_numeral(number)
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