package Conversions; import java.util.*; public class RomanToInteger { private static Map map = new HashMap() {{ put('I', 1); put('V', 5); put('X', 10); put('L', 50); put('C', 100); put('D', 500); put('M', 1000); }}; /** * This function convert Roman number into Integer * * @param A Roman number string * @return integer */ public static int romanToInt(String A) { char prev = ' '; int sum = 0; int newPrev = 0; for (int i = A.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { char c = A.charAt(i); if (prev != ' ') { // checking current Number greater then previous or not newPrev = map.get(prev) > newPrev ? map.get(prev) : newPrev; } int currentNum = map.get(c); // if current number greater then prev max previous then add if (currentNum >= newPrev) { sum += currentNum; } else { // subtract upcoming number until upcoming number not greater then prev max sum -= currentNum; } prev = c; } return sum; } public static void main(String[] args) { int sum = romanToInt("MDCCCIV"); System.out.println(sum); } }