Roman numeral converter function

Question

Create the shortest function to convert a string of Roman numerals to an integer.

The rules for each letter can be found at the Wikipedia page. Letters above 1,000 will have parentheses placed around them to signal their higher value.

Requirements:

• Must convert Roman numerals 1 to 500,000
• Must complete in less than a minute
• Does not use built-in functions that could provide an advantage (Ex: A function that converts Roman numerals to integers)
• Is a function

The function does not need to support fractions. Any invalid input should return the number 0.

Shortest function wins. In the case of a tie, the one with the most votes wins.

Test Cases

Input

III

Output

3

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Input

IIII

Output

0

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Input

XVI

Output

16

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Input

(C)(D)(L)MMI

Output

452001

Answer 1

C++: 914 855 chars

#include<map>
#include<string>
#include<iostream>
#include<sstream>
#define I istream
#define T(C) if(C)throw int(1);
#define X(c,v,f,m) D[c]=v;P[c]=D[f];M[c]=m;
#define S second
using namespace std;typedef map<char,int>R;R D,P,M;struct U{U():t(0),l(0),a(0){}int t,l,a;operator int(){return t+l;}I&d(I&s){char c,b;s>>c;if(c=='('){s>>c>>b;T(b!=')')c+=32;}if(s){R::iterator f=D.find(c);T(f==D.end())if(P[c]==l){l=f->S-l;a=0;}else{T(l&&(f->S>l))a=l==f->S?a+1:1;T(a>M[c])t+=l;l=f->S;}}return s;}};I&operator>>(I&s,U&d){return d.d(s);}int main(){D[' ']=-1;X(73,1,32,3)X(86,5,73,1)X(88,10,73,3)X(76,50,88,1)X(67,100,88,3)X(68,500,67,1)X(77,1000,67,3)X(118,5000,77,1)X(120,10000,77,3)X(108,50000,120,1)X(99,100000,120,3)X(100,500000,99,1)X(109,1000000,99,3)string w;while(cin>>w){try{stringstream s(w);U c;while(s>>c);cout<<c<<"\n";}catch(int x){cout<<"0\n";}}}

It could be compressed further.

> ./a.exe
III
3
IIII
0
XVI
16
(C)(D)(L)MMI
452001

Slightly nicer formatting: 1582 char

#include<map>
#include<string>
#include<iostream>
#include<sstream>
#define I istream
#define T(C) if(C)throw int(1);
#define X(c,v,f,m) D[c]=v;P[c]=D[f];M[c]=m;
#define S second
using namespace std;

typedef map<char,int>      R;

R     D,P,M;

struct U
{
    U(): t(0), l(0), a(0) {}

    int  t,l,a;

    operator int()
    {
        return t + l;
    }
    I& d(I& s)
    {
        char c,b;
        s >> c;
        if (c == '(')
        {
            s >> c >> b;
            T(b != ')')
            c = tolower(c);
        }
        if (s)
        {
            R::iterator f = D.find(c);
            T(f == D.end())

            if (P[c] == l)
            {
                l = f->S - l;
                a = 0;
            }
            else
            {
                T(l&&(f->S > l))
                a=l==f->S?a+1:1;
                T(a>M[c])
                t   += l;
                l     = f->S;
            }
        }

        return s;
    }

};

I& operator>>(I& s,U& d)
{
    return d.d(s);
}

int main()
{
    D[' ']=-1;
    X(73,1,32,3)
    X(86,5,73,1)
    X(88,10,73,3)
    X(76,50,88,1)
    X(67,100,88,3)
    X(68,500,67,1)
    X(77,1000,67,3)
    X(118,5000,77,1)
    X(120,10000,77,3)
    X(108,50000,120,1)
    X(99,100000,120,3)
    X(100,500000,99,1)
    X(109,1000000,99,3)

    string w;
    while(cin >> w)
    {
        try
        {
            stringstream s(w);
            U    c;
            while(s >> c);
            cout << c << "\n";
        }
        catch(int x)
        {
            cout << "0\n";
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

Javascript, 317 chars

function f(s){for(r=/\(?(.\)?)/g,t=e=0;a=r.exec(s);l=a[0].length,d='IXCMVLD'.indexOf(a[1][0]),e=e||d<0||l==2||d*4+l==3,t+='+'+(d>3?5:1)*Math.pow(10,d%4+3*(l>1)));t=t&&t.replace(/1(0*).(10|5)\1(?!0)/g,'$2$1-1$1');return e||/[^0](0*)\+(10|5)\1/.test(t)||/(\+10*)\1{3}(?!-)/.test(t)||/-(10*)\+\1(?!-)/.test(t)?0:eval(t)}

Explaination:

function f(s){
      // iterate over every character grabbing parens along the way
  for(r=/\(?(.\)?)/g,t=e=0;a=r.exec(s);    
        // get a numerical value for each numeral and join together in a string
    l=a[0].length,
    d='IXCMVLD'.indexOf(a[1][0]),
    e=e||d<0||l==2||d*4+l==3,    // find invalid characters, and parens
    t+='+'+(d>3?5:1)*Math.pow(10,d%4+3*(l>1))
  );
      // reorder and subtract to fix IV, IX and the like
  t=t&&t.replace(/1(0*).(10|5)\1(?!0)/g,'$2$1-1$1');
  return e||
    /[^0](0*)\+(10|5)\1/.test(t)|| // find VV,IIV,IC,...
    /(\+10*)\1{3}(?!-)/.test(t)||  // find IIII,... but not XXXIX
    /-(10*)\+\1(?!-)/.test(t)      // find IVI,... but not XCIX
      ?0:eval(t)
}

Without error detection it is only 180 chars

function g(s){for(r=/\(?(.\)?)/g,t=0;a=r.exec(s);d='IXCMVLD'.indexOf(a[1][0]),t+='+'+(d>3?5:1)+'0'.repeat(d%4+3*(a[1].length>1)));return eval(t.replace(/(1(0*).(10|5)\2)/g,'-$1'))}

This works the same way, but here is better formatting:

function g(s){
  for(r=/\(?(.\)?)/g,t=0;a=r.exec(s);
    d='IXCMVLD'.indexOf(a[1][0]),
    t+='+'+(d>3?5:1)+'0'.repeat(d%4+3*(a[1].length>1))
  );
  return eval(t.replace(/(1(0*).(10|5)\2)/g,'-$1'))
}