RosettaCodeData/Task/Roman-numerals-Encode/Ruby/roman-numerals-encode-1.rb

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Symbols = { 1=>'I', 5=>'V', 10=>'X', 50=>'L', 100=>'C', 500=>'D', 1000=>'M' }
Subtractors = [ [1000, 100], [500, 100], [100, 10], [50, 10], [10, 1], [5, 1], [1, 0] ]
def roman(num)
return Symbols[num] if Symbols.has_key?(num)
Subtractors.each do |cutPoint, subtractor|
return roman(cutPoint) + roman(num - cutPoint) if num > cutPoint
return roman(subtractor) + roman(num + subtractor) if num >= cutPoint - subtractor and num < cutPoint
end
end
[1990, 2008, 1666].each do |i|
puts "%4d => %s" % [i, roman(i)]
end