RosettaCodeData/Task/Roman-numerals-Encode/SNOBOL4/roman-numerals-encode-1.sno

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* ROMAN(N) - Convert integer N to Roman numeral form.
*
* N must be positive and less than 4000.
*
* An asterisk appears in the result if N >= 4000.
*
* The function fails if N is not an integer.
DEFINE('ROMAN(N)UNITS') :(ROMAN_END)
* Get rightmost digit to UNITS and remove it from N.
* Return null result if argument is null.
ROMAN N RPOS(1) LEN(1) . UNITS = :F(RETURN)
* Search for digit, replace with its Roman form.
* Return failing if not a digit.
'0,1I,2II,3III,4IV,5V,6VI,7VII,8VIII,9IX,' UNITS
+ BREAK(',') . UNITS :F(FRETURN)
* Convert rest of N and multiply by 10. Propagate a
* failure return from recursive call back to caller.
ROMAN = REPLACE(ROMAN(N), 'IVXLCDM', 'XLCDM**')
+ UNITS :S(RETURN) F(FRETURN)
ROMAN_END
* Testing
OUTPUT = "1999 = " ROMAN(1999)
OUTPUT = " 24 = " ROMAN(24)
OUTPUT = " 944 = " ROMAN(944)
END