[fpc-pascal] Re: StrUtils.RomanToInt oddities

[Bart]

On 9/23/13, Alberto Narduzzi <albertonarduzzi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thing is:
>
> 1. in the roman numerals, not all the digits can be subtracted from the
> others
> 2. no more than three same roman numerals can appear in a row.

My implementation is a little more relaxed as to rule 2.
It is more often "violated" than rule 1.
Typically IIII is not al that uncommon.


> I did an implementation some time ago, for pure fun, and provided I find
> it out (or maybe I can just rewrite it, on the basis of this knowledge)
> I will be - repository allowing ;-) - wery happy to contribute with my
> 2c for it.

By all means.
The princial question must be answered first though.

Bart