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First solution in Clear category for Roman Numerals by Agrigor
units = {1000: 'M', 900: 'CM', 500: 'D', 400: 'CD', 100: 'C', 90: 'XC', 50: 'L', 40: 'XL', 10: 'X', 9: 'IX', 5: 'V', 4: 'IV', 1: 'I'}
def checkio(data):
result = ""
for base in sorted(units.keys(), reverse=True):
result += data//base * units[base]
data -= data//base * base
return result
if __name__ == '__main__':
#These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
assert checkio(6) == 'VI', '6'
assert checkio(76) == 'LXXVI', '76'
assert checkio(499) == 'CDXCIX', '499'
assert checkio(3888) == 'MMMDCCCLXXXVIII', '3888'
May 7, 2016