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Post_17.1.rb
class RomanNumerals
def convert(number)
roman = ""
bases = { 1000 => "M", 900 => "CM", 500 => "D", 100 => "C",
90 => "XC", 50 => "L", 40 => "XL", 10 => "X",
9 => "IX", 5 => "V", 4 => "IV" }
bases.each do |arabic, base|
while number >= arabic
roman += base
number -= arabic
end
end
roman += ("I" * number)
roman
end
end
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