transcendental-lisp/lisp/random/roman.lisp

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Common Lisp

;; A list containing the values of single-letter Roman numerals.
(setf roman-number-list
'((I 1) (V 5) (X 10) (L 50) (C 100) (D 500) (M 1000)))
;; Converts a single Roman numeral letter into its equivalent decimal value.
(defun letter-to-decimal (letter)
(car
(cdr
(
(lambda (lst f)
(cond
((null lst) ())
((eq (car (car lst)) letter) (car lst))
(t (funcall f (cdr lst) f))))
roman-number-list
(lambda (lst f)
(cond
((null lst) ())
((eq (car (car lst)) letter) (car lst))
(t (funcall f (cdr lst) f))))))))