RosettaCodeData/Task/Roman-numerals-Encode/ActionScript/roman-numerals-encode-2.as

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ActionScript

function roman2arabic(roman:String):Number {
var romanArr:Array = roman.toUpperCase().split('');
var lookup:Object = {I:1, V:5, X:10, L:50, C:100, D:500, M:1000};
var num:Number = 0, val:Number = 0;
while (romanArr.length) {
val = lookup[romanArr.shift()];
num += val * (val < lookup[romanArr[0]] ? -1 : 1);
}
return num;
}
trace("MCMXC in arabic is " + roman2arabic("MCMXC"));
trace("MMVIII in arabic is " + roman2arabic("MMVIII"));
trace("MDCLXVI in arabic is " + roman2arabic("MDCLXVI"));