Playing around with the hash slice... 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11152065
use warnings;

{
my %r2d = qw(m 1000 cm 900 d 500 cd 400 c 100 xc 90 l 50 xl 40 x 10 ix
+ 9 v 5 iv 4 i 1);
use List::Util qw( sum );
sub roman_to_dec2
  {
  sum @r2d{ lc(shift) =~ /c?[md]|x?[cl]|i?[xv]|i/g }
  }
}

my @testdata = ( "XLII", "LXIX", "mi" );
for my $r (@testdata) {
  print "$r: ", roman_to_dec2($r), "\n";
}

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Speed unknown, however the cuteness IS known.

EDIT: Added missing 'cd 400' to hash setup.

In reply to Re: Risque Romantic Rosetta Roman Race by tybalt89
in thread Risque Romantic Rosetta Roman Race by eyepopslikeamosquito

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