I understand there were many similar questions being asked on this topic. But I still have some doubts need to be clear.
def int_to_roman(input):
if type(input) != type(1):
raise TypeError, "expected integer, got %s" % type(input)
if not 0 < input < 4000:
raise ValueError, "Argument must be between 1 and 3999"
ints = (1000, 900, 500, 400, 100, 90, 50, 40, 10, 9, 5, 4, 1)
nums = ('M', 'CM', 'D', 'CD','C', 'XC','L','XL','X','IX','V','IV','I')
result = ""
for i in range(len(ints)):
count = int(input / ints[i])
result += nums[i] * count
input -= ints[i] * count
return result
I dont really understand the code below:
for i in range(len(ints)):
count = int(input / ints[i])
result += nums[i] * count
input -= ints[i] * count
Does:
for i in range (len(ints)):
it means '1000','900','800' (the integers respectively) or it means 13 (13 integers in integers)?
count = int(input / ints[i])
what does ints [i] mean?
Anyone please explain these codes? It would be best if you could show the examples (like substitute numbers and show how it works)
The two lists, ints and nums are the same length. The loop iterates over the length of ints, which means that the variable i can access the same position of either list, matching one to the other.
If we step through the loop, count is assigned the integer value of the input divided by the first number in ints, which is 1000. If the input variable is, say, 10, then 10/1000 will result in a number <1, and using int() on the result will cause it to assign 0 to count. When 0 is multiplied by the matching string from nums, the assigned result is basically nothing. Then the same amount is subtracted from input, which in this case leaves it unchanged.
Eventually, the loop will reach a point when the result of the division is a number >=1, so the following steps will do something.
Let's say the result of int(input / ints[i]) is 3. "X" * 3 results in "XXX", which is added to result, and the input is reduced by the appropriate amount, in this case 30. So on, until the loop ends.