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# A function that converts a given integer into its Roman Numeral equivalent
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# A function that converts a given integer into its Roman Numeral equivalent | |
to.RomanNumeral<-function(x) { | |
if(0 < x & x < 5000) { | |
x<-as.integer(x) | |
digits<-c(1000,900,500,400,100,90,50,40,10,9,5,4,1) | |
numerals<-c("M","CM","D","CD","C","XC","L","XL","X","IX","V","IV","I") | |
digits.numerals<-as.data.frame(cbind(digits,numerals), stringsAsFactors=FALSE) | |
numeral<-"" | |
for(i in 1:nrow(digits.numerals)) { | |
while(x >= as.numeric(digits.numerals[i,1])) { | |
numeral<-paste(numeral,digits.numerals[i,2],sep="") | |
x<-x-as.numeric(digits.numerals[i,1]) | |
} | |
} | |
return(numeral) | |
} | |
else { | |
stop(paste(x,"is invalid. Input must be an integer between 1 and 4,999")) | |
} | |
} |
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