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This task askes to take a Roman numeral (as its argument) and return a numeric decimal integer. This assumes that the Roman numeral is an integer. What if the Roman numeral contains (or is) a fraction? I presume then, that Roman numerals to be checked won't have fractions. The Romans had a base 12 fractional system. One-twelfth (fraction) is an ounce which we still use in pounds and ounces, where the troy pound contains 12 ounces. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 07:23, 11 July 2012 (UTC) |
This task askes to take a Roman numeral (as its argument) and return a numeric decimal integer. This assumes that the Roman numeral is an integer. What if the Roman numeral contains (or is) a fraction? I presume then, that Roman numerals to be checked won't have fractions. The Romans had a base 12 fractional system. One-twelfth (fraction) is an ounce which we still use in pounds and ounces, where the troy pound contains 12 ounces. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 07:23, 11 July 2012 (UTC) |
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:We aren't doing fractions here. In general "Roman numerals" refers to the the integers. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 19:50, 18 July 2012 (UTC) |
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