package main import "fmt" var ( m0 = []string{"", "I", "II", "III", "IV", "V", "VI", "VII", "VIII", "IX"} m1 = []string{"", "X", "XX", "XXX", "XL", "L", "LX", "LXX", "LXXX", "XC"} m2 = []string{"", "C", "CC", "CCC", "CD", "D", "DC", "DCC", "DCCC", "CM"} m3 = []string{"", "M", "MM", "MMM", "I̅V̅", "V̅", "V̅I̅", "V̅I̅I̅", "V̅I̅I̅I̅", "I̅X̅"} m4 = []string{"", "X̅", "X̅X̅", "X̅X̅X̅", "X̅L̅", "L̅", "L̅X̅", "L̅X̅X̅", "L̅X̅X̅X̅", "X̅C̅"} m5 = []string{"", "C̅", "C̅C̅", "C̅C̅C̅", "C̅D̅", "D̅", "D̅C̅", "D̅C̅C̅", "D̅C̅C̅C̅", "C̅M̅"} m6 = []string{"", "M̅", "M̅M̅", "M̅M̅M̅"} ) func formatRoman(n int) (string, bool) { if n < 1 || n >= 4e6 { return "", false } // this is efficient in Go. the seven operands are evaluated, // then a single allocation is made of the exact size needed for the result. return m6[n/1e6] + m5[n%1e6/1e5] + m4[n%1e5/1e4] + m3[n%1e4/1e3] + m2[n%1e3/1e2] + m1[n%100/10] + m0[n%10], true } func main() { // show three numbers mentioned in task descriptions for _, n := range []int{1990, 2008, 1666} { r, ok := formatRoman(n) if ok { fmt.Println(n, "==", r) } else { fmt.Println(n, "not representable") } } }