David A. Green wrote: >> Does any one have a Digit to Roman Numeral converter they would like >> to share?
Ron White responded: > How about ICONV/OCONV with the NR function code. Look in the > Basic Reference Manual index for roman numerals. A search on CDP reveals a couple interesting tidbits on this. According to Oliver Elphick, the NR conversion in Universe "uses a change of alphabetic case to represent multiplication by 1000, so v=5 but V=5000." According to Tom Rauschenbach, [sic] "the author of the NR conversion (someone named Hal) says that there was a reason for the upper/lower case distinction, but he can't remember what it was. He also claims that the Chinese New Year is wrong." (I have no idea what that means.) The D3 equivalent (as if anyone here cares) is the user exit U33. And the Reality equivalent is conversion MCDR. R83 had conversion MCR. So many standards, so little time... T ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
