{ my %r2d; @r2d{qw( i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xx xxx xl l lx lxx lxxx xc c cc ccc cd d dc dcc dccc cm m mm mmm )} = map { my $n = $_; map $n * $_, 1 .. 9 } 1, 10, 100, 1000; use List::Util qw( sum ); sub roman_to_dec3 { sum @r2d{ (lc shift) =~ / ix|iv|iii|ii|i| viii|vii|vi|v| xxx|xx|xl|xc|x| lxxx|lxx|lx|l| cm|cd|ccc|cc|c| dccc|dcc|dc|d| mmm|mm|m| ./gx } } }