This code worked but, it looked nothing like the solutions in the forum. If anyone wants to look it over and give me any constructive criticism I’d more than appreciate it.
function convertToRoman(num) {
const roman = ["I", "IV","V", "IX", "X", "XL", "L", "XC", "C", "CD", "D", "CM", "M"];
const deci = [1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 40, 50, 90, 100, 400, 500, 900, 1000];
function numLengthCalc(a){
return a.toString().length;
}
const numLength = numLengthCalc(num);
function breakUp(num){
function divisorArray(numberOfDigits){
switch(numberOfDigits){
case 1:
return [1];
case 2:
return [10, 1];
case 3:
return [100, 10, 1];
case 4:
return [1000, 100, 10, 1];
default:
return "hello";
}
}
var aaa = num.toString().split("");
var length = aaa.length;
var divArray = divisorArray(length);
var bbb=[];
for(var i=0; i<aaa.length; i++){
bbb.push(aaa[i]*divArray[i]);
}
return bbb;
}
function compare(a,b){
return a-b;
}
function numeralFinder(a, arr){
deci.push(a);
let indexOfFirst = deci.sort(compare).indexOf(a)-1;
let howMany = a/deci[indexOfFirst];
for(let i=0; i<howMany; i++){
arr.push(roman[indexOfFirst]);
}
deci.splice((indexOfFirst+1), 1);
}
if(deci.includes(num)){
return roman[deci.indexOf(num)];
} else{
var a = breakUp(num);
let numeralArray=[];
a.forEach(number=>{
if(deci.includes(number)){
numeralArray.push(roman[deci.indexOf(number)]);
}else if(number >1000){
numeralFinder(number, numeralArray);
}else if(number >500){
let howMany = Math.floor(number-500)/100;
numeralArray.push("D");
for(let i=0; i<howMany; i++){
numeralArray.push("C");
}
}else if(number >50){
let howMany = Math.floor(number-50)/10;
numeralArray.push("L");
for(let i=0; i<howMany; i++){
numeralArray.push("X");
}
} else if(number>=10){
numeralFinder(number, numeralArray);
} else if(number <5){
numeralFinder(number, numeralArray);
} else if( number > 5){
var howManyI = number -5;
numeralArray.push("V");
for(let i=0; i<howManyI; i++){
numeralArray.push("I");
}
}
});
return numeralArray.join("");
}
// return deci.sort(compare).indexOf(num);
// return breakUp(num);
}
convertToRoman(36);
