From: w_a_x_man <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2010-09-06T09:05:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Is my code unelegant?

On Sep 5, 4:49 pm, Mark Walker <mark.walker...@live.com> wrote:
> Is the attached code too messy to be considered "good"?
>
> I can't figure out if I created too many variables.
>
> I'm just now learning Ruby, and I just can't figure out if that's bad
> code.
>
> Attachments:http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/5007/romannumerals1.rb
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.


def old_roman n
  [1000,500,100,50,10,5,1].
  map{|d| quot, n = n.divmod(d); quot }.
  zip( %w(M D C L X V I) ).
  map{|n,c| c * n}.join
end

puts "Enter a number and I'll convert " +
  "it to the older Roman Numerals!"
puts old_roman( gets.to_i )