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First solution in Uncategorized category for Roman Numerals by wiski
SIG = ['M', 'CM', 'D', 'CD', 'C', 'XC', 'L', 'XL', 'X', 'IX', 'V', 'IV', 'I']
VALUE = [1000, 900, 500, 400, 100, 90, 50, 40, 10, 9, 5, 4, 1]
def checkio(number):
result = ''
idx = 0
while number > 0:
if VALUE[idx] > number:
idx += 1
continue
else:
result += SIG[idx]
number -= VALUE[idx]
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'
Jan. 26, 2016
