The roman symbol
Romans Numerals are based on the following symbols:
Basic combination :
Really big number:
How to convert from decimal to roman (less than 10000) :
function convertToRoman(num) {
var arrRoman = [ 'I', 'IV', 'V', 'IX', 'X', 'XL', 'L', 'XC', 'C', 'CD','D', 'CM', 'M' ];
var arrDec = [ 1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 40, 50, 90, 100, 400, 500, 900, 1000 ];
var romanNum = "";
while (num > 0) {
for (var i = 0; i < arrDec.length; i++) {
if (num >= arrDec[arrDec.length - 1]) {
romanNum += arrRoman[arrDec.length - 1];
num = num - arrDec[arrDec.length - 1];
} else {
if (num >= arrDec[i] && num < arrDec[i + 1]) {
romanNum += arrRoman[i];
num = num - arrDec[i];
}
}
}
}
return romanNum;
}