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recursive solution to roman numeral generator
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var numerals = [1,4,5,9,10,40,50,90,100,400,500,900,1000]; | |
var ohtheromanity = {1: "I", 4: "IV", 5:"V", 9: "IX", 10: "X", 40: "XL", 50: "L", | |
90: "XC", 100: "C", 400: "CD", 500: "D", 900: "CM", 1000: "M"}; | |
function convert(n) { | |
if (n === 0){return "";} | |
else { | |
var largestInclusiveNumber = numerals.sort(function(x,y){return x-y;}).filter(function(x){return x<=n;}).pop(); | |
var remainder = n -= largestInclusiveNumber; | |
return ohtheromanity[largestInclusiveNumber].concat(convert(remainder)); | |
} | |
} |
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