RosettaCodeData/Task/Roman-numerals-Decode/CoffeeScript/roman-numerals-decode.coffee

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CoffeeScript

roman_to_demical = (s) ->
# s is well-formed Roman Numeral >= I
numbers =
M: 1000
D: 500
C: 100
L: 50
X: 10
V: 5
I: 1
result = 0
for c in s
num = numbers[c]
result += num
if old_num < num
# If old_num exists and is less than num, then
# we need to subtract it twice, once because we
# have already added it on the last pass, and twice
# to conform to the Roman convention that XC = 90,
# not 110.
result -= 2 * old_num
old_num = num
result
tests =
IV: 4
XLII: 42
MCMXC: 1990
MMVIII: 2008
MDCLXVI: 1666
for roman, expected of tests
dec = roman_to_demical(roman)
console.log "error" if dec != expected
console.log "#{roman} = #{dec}"