Roman Numeral in Lua

Welcome to the Roman Numeral in Lua page! Here, you'll find the source code for this program as well as a description of how the program works.

Current Solution

#!/bin/lua

-- Key value pairs for roman numerals
conversion_table = {
    ['I']=1,
    ['V']=5,
    ['X']=10,
    ['L']=50,
    ['C']=100,
    ['D']=500,
    ['M']=1000
}

-- Check if character is valid (in conversion table)
function validateCharacter(char) 
    for key,value in pairs(conversion_table) do
        if char == key then
            return true
        end
    end
    return false
end

-- Convert roman numeral to decimal
function convertToDecimal(roman)
    -- If numeral is a single character, simply return value
    if #roman == 1 then
        return conversion_table[roman]
    end

    sum = 0

    -- Iterate through entire number
    for i = 1, #roman do
        current = conversion_table[string.sub(roman, i, i)]
        next = conversion_table[string.sub(roman, i+1, i+1)]
        
        -- Subtract values if first character is smaller, then skip next character
        if (next ~= nil) and (current < next) then
            sum = sum + (next - current)
            break
        -- Add character value to sum
        else
            sum = sum + current
        end
    end

    return sum
end

-- Get input from command line
input = arg[1]

-- Exit if no input given
if arg[1] == nil then
    print('Usage: please provide a string of roman numerals')
    return
end

-- Check each character for validity, exit if any are invalid
for i = 1, #input do
    if validateCharacter(string.sub(input, i, i)) == false then
        print('Error: invalid string of roman numerals')
        return
    end
end

-- Print converted value
print(convertToDecimal(input))

Roman Numeral in Lua was written by:

• Jeremy Grifski
• jketterer

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