function toRoman intNum
    local roman,numArabic
    put "M,CM,D,CD,C,XC,L,XL,X,IX,V,IV,I" into romans
    put "1000,900,500,400,100,90,50,40,10,9,5,4,1" into arabics
    put intNum into numArabic
    repeat with n = 1 to the number of items of romans
        put numArabic div item n of arabics into nums
        if nums > 0 then
            put repeatChar(item n of romans,nums) after roman
            add -(nums * item n of arabics) to numArabic
        end if
    end repeat
return roman
end toRoman

function repeatChar c n
    local cc
    repeat n times
        put c after cc
    end repeat
    return cc
end repeatChar