Roman numerals are represented by seven different symbols: I
, V
, X
, L
, C
, D
and M
.
Symbol Value I 1 V 5 X 10 L 50 C 100 D 500 M 1000
For example, two is written as II
in Roman numeral, just two one‘s added together. Twelve is written as, XII
, which is simply X
+ II
. The number twenty seven is written as XXVII
, which is XX
+ V
+ II
.
Roman numerals are usually written largest to smallest from left to right. However, the numeral for four is not IIII
. Instead, the number four is written as IV
. Because the one is before the five we subtract it making four. The same principle applies to the number nine, which is written as IX
. There are six instances where subtraction is used:
I
can be placed beforeV
(5) andX
(10) to make 4 and 9.X
can be placed beforeL
(50) andC
(100) to make 40 and 90.C
can be placed beforeD
(500) andM
(1000) to make 400 and 900.
Given a roman numeral, convert it to an integer. Input is guaranteed to be within the range from 1 to 3999.
Example 1:
Input: "III" Output: 3
Example 2:
Input: "IV" Output: 4
Example 3:
Input: "IX" Output: 9
Example 4:
Input: "LVIII" Output: 58 Explanation: L = 50, V= 5, III = 3.
Example 5:
Input: "MCMXCIV" Output: 1994 Explanation: M = 1000, CM = 900, XC = 90 and IV = 4.
this problem is easy level.so I can finish it easily,but the switch case method is too redundant,So i find a new way,the most remarkable thing
is the dict array.The order of the array is from large to small .This is the rule of Roman Number.
class Solution { public: int romanToInt(string s) { string dict[] = {"M","CM","D","CD","C","XC","L","XL","X","IX","V","IV","I"}; int num[] = {1000,900,500,400,100,90,50,40,10,9,5,4,1}; int i=0, index=0, ret=0; while(i<s.size() && index<13) { string target = dict[index]; string cur = s.substr(i,target.size()); if(cur==target) { ret += num[index]; i += target.size(); } else { index++; } } return ret; } };