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, 2
is written as II
in Roman numeral, just two one's added together. 12
is written as XII
, which is simply X + II
. The number 27
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 an integer, convert it to a roman numeral.
Example 1:
Input: num = 3 Output: "III" Explanation: 3 is represented as 3 ones.
Example 2:
Input: num = 58 Output: "LVIII" Explanation: L = 50, V = 5, III = 3.
Example 3:
Input: num = 1994 Output: "MCMXCIV" Explanation: M = 1000, CM = 900, XC = 90 and IV = 4.
Constraints:
1 <= num <= 3999
Approach 1: Simulation
Time complexity
class Solution:
def intToRoman(self, num: int) -> str:
nums = [
(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'),
]
res = []
for k, v in nums:
while num >= k:
num -= k
res.append(v)
return ''.join(res)
class Solution {
public String intToRoman(int num) {
int[] nums = new int[] {1000, 900, 500, 400, 100, 90, 50, 40, 10, 9, 5, 4, 1};
String[] romans
= new String[] {"M", "CM", "D", "CD", "C", "XC", "L", "XL", "X", "IX", "V", "IV", "I"};
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; ++i) {
while (num >= nums[i]) {
num -= nums[i];
sb.append(romans[i]);
}
}
return sb.toString();
}
}
class Solution {
public:
string intToRoman(int num) {
vector<int> nums {1000, 900, 500, 400, 100, 90, 50, 40, 10, 9, 5, 4, 1};
vector<string> romans {"M", "CM", "D", "CD", "C", "XC", "L", "XL", "X", "IX", "V", "IV", "I"};
string ans;
for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); ++i) {
while (num >= nums[i]) {
num -= nums[i];
ans.append(romans[i]);
}
}
return ans;
}
};
func intToRoman(num int) string {
ans := ""
values := []int{1000, 900, 500, 400, 100, 90, 50, 40, 10, 9, 5, 4, 1}
romans := []string{"M", "CM", "D", "CD", "C", "XC", "L", "XL", "X", "IX", "V", "IV", "I"}
for i, value := range values {
for value <= num {
ans, num = ans+romans[i], num-value
}
}
return ans
}