Just started learning PEP/8 what would the correct way to convert numbers into roman numericals? for exemple How can input let say 6 and have it come out as VI in the output? I know what i did is far from being the correct way to do things as i only print out the roman letters when input specific numbers.

BR main

;******* main ()

nb: .BLOCK 2
I: .EQUATE 1
II: .EQUATE 2
III: .EQUATE 3
IV: .EQUATE 4
V: .EQUATE 5
X: .EQUATE 10
L: .EQUATE 50
C: .EQUATE 100
D: .EQUATE 500
M: .EQUATE 1000

char00: .byte 0x0049 ; I
char01: .byte 0x0056 ; V
char02: .byte 0x0058 ; X
char03: .byte 0x0043 ; C
char04: .byte 0x004C ; L
char05: .byte 0x0044 ; D
char06: .byte 0x004D ; M

msg1: .ASCII "Enter nomber from 1 à 3999: \x00" ; 
msg2: .ASCII "Invalide number \x00"  ; 

main:    STRO  msg1,d ;
         DECI  nb,d  
         LDA nb,d    
         CPA I,i
         BREQ valid1 ;if (number = 1)
         CPA II,i
         BREQ valid2 ;if (number = 2)
         CPA III,i
         BREQ valid3 ;if (number = 3)
         CPA V,i
         BREQ valid4 ;if (number = 5)
         CPA X,i
         BREQ valid5 ;if (number = 10)
         CPA C,i
         BREQ valid6 ;if (number = 50)
         CPA L,i
         BREQ valid7 ;if (number = 100)
         CPA D,i
         BREQ valid8 ;if (number = 500)
         CPA M,i
         BREQ valid9 ;if (number = 1000)
         CPA 0,i; 
         BRLE invalid ;if (number <= 0) then print msg2 (invalid number)

valid1: CHARO char00,d ; 0x0049 is 'III' is Hexadicimal numbers 
     CHARO '\n',i 
     BR finish
valid2: CHARO char00,d ; 0x0049 is 'II' is Hexadicimal numbers 
     CHARO char00,d 
     CHARO '\n',i 
     BR finish
valid3: CHARO char00,d ; 0x0049 is 'III' is Hexadicimal numbers 
     CHARO char00,d 
     CHARO char00,d
     CHARO '\n',i 
     BR finish
valid4: CHARO char01,d ; 0x0056 is 'V' is Hexadicimal numbers 
     CHARO '\n',i 
     BR finish
valid5: CHARO char02,d ; 0x0058 is 'X' is Hexadicimal numbers 
     CHARO '\n',i 
     BR finish
valid6: CHARO char03,d ; 0x0058 is 'C' is Hexadicimal numbers 
     CHARO '\n',i 
     BR finish
valid7: CHARO char04,d ; 0x0058 is 'L' is Hexadicimal numbers 
     CHARO '\n',i 
     BR finish
valid8: CHARO char05,d ; 0x0058 is 'D' is Hexadicimal numbers 
     CHARO '\n',i 
     BR finish
valid9: CHARO char06,d ; 0x0058 is 'M' is Hexadicimal numbers 
     CHARO '\n',i 
     BR finish
invalid: STRO msg2,d 
      CHARO '\n',i 
      br main ; branch to beginning

finish:  STOP
     .End

Just so you know, this has both ENCODE and DECODE at one of my favorite sites:

  1. Encode in over 150 languages -> https://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Roman_numerals/Encode
  2. Decode in over 123 languages -> https://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Roman_numerals/Decode

In your case, the correct way is what you decide as long as it works. What else could the answer be?

commented: Thank you very much. This if of great help. +0
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