From 7a9ee461a9510c6dfec3304c09298422734a0ca9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Fremond <34804391+Frenchris@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 19:11:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update romannumbers.en.md --- subjects/romannumbers.en.md | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/subjects/romannumbers.en.md b/subjects/romannumbers.en.md index 59184505d..dbf8eb720 100644 --- a/subjects/romannumbers.en.md +++ b/subjects/romannumbers.en.md @@ -2,9 +2,33 @@ ### Instructions -Write a program called `rn`. The objective is to converte a number, given has argument, into a roman number and print it with roman number calculation. +Write a program called `rn`. The objective is to convert a number, given as an argument, into a roman number and print it with its roman number calculation. -The program should have a limit of `4000`. In case of an invalid number, for example `"hello"` or `0` the program should print `ERROR: can not convert to roman digit`. +The program should have a limit of `4000`. In case of an invalid number, for example `"hello"` or `0` the program should print `ERROR: can not convert to roman number`. + +Roman Numerals reminder: +I -> 1 +V -> 5 +X -> 10 +L -> 50 +C -> 100 +D -> 500 +M -> 1000 + +For example, the number 1732 would be denoted MDCCXXXII in Roman numerals. However, Roman numerals are not a purely additive number system. In particular, instead of using four symbols to represent a 4, 40, 9, 90, etc. (i.e., IIII, XXXX, VIIII, LXXXX, etc.), such numbers are instead denoted by preceding the symbol for 5, 50, 10, 100, etc., with a symbol indicating subtraction. For example, 4 is denoted IV, 9 as IX, 40 as XL, etc. + +The following table gives the Roman numerals for the first few positive integers. + +1 I 11 XI 21 XXI +2 II 12 XII 22 XXII +3 III 13 XIII 23 XXIII +4 IV 14 XIV 24 XXIV +5 V 15 XV 25 XXV +6 VI 16 XVI 26 XXVI +7 VII 17 XVII 27 XXVII +8 VIII 18 XVIII 28 XXVIII +9 IX 19 XIX 29 XXIX +10 X 20 XX 30 XXX ## Usage @@ -22,6 +46,6 @@ student@ubuntu:~/[[ROOT]]/test$ ./rn 3999 M+M+M+(M-C)+(C-X)+(X-I) MMMCMXCIX student@ubuntu:~/[[ROOT]]/test$ ./rn 4000 -ERROR: can not convert to roman digit +ERROR: can not convert to roman number student@ubuntu:~/[[ROOT]]/test$ ```