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RomanToInt: Convert Roman Numerals to Integers

Description

Convert roman numerals to integers

Usage

RomanToInt(x)

Arguments

x

character vector containing roman numerals

Value

A integer vector with the same length as roman. Character strings which are not valid roman numerals will be converted to NA.

Details

This functon will convert roman numerals to integers without the upper bound imposed by R (3899), ignoring case.

See Also

as.roman

Examples

RomanToInt( c('I', 'V', 'X', 'C', 'L', 'D', 'M' )  )

# works regardless of case
RomanToInt( 'MMXVI' )
RomanToInt( 'mmxvi' )

# works beyond R's limit of 3899
val.3899 <- 'MMMDCCCXCIX'
val.3900 <- 'MMMCM'
val.4000 <- 'MMMM'
as.numeric(as.roman( val.3899 ))
as.numeric(as.roman( val.3900 ))
as.numeric(as.roman( val.4000 ))

RomanToInt(val.3899)
RomanToInt(val.3900)
RomanToInt(val.4000)