About YARC

YARC is an acronym for Yet Another Roman [Numeral] Converter.

YARC does one thing and does it well: converting numerals from Arabic to Roman and vice versa. It has a tiny footprint and an accurate conversion engine with decent algorithms.

Any questions or comments to Mohammed Badran.

How YARC Works

YARC adheres to modern conventions for Roman numerals, with three additional variations: IIII for IV (4), XXXX for XL (40), and CCCC for CD (400).

Valid numeral input ranges from 1/I to 4999/MMMMMCMXCIX, due to a limitation in the Roman numeral system. Workarounds are unnecessary, as large values are seldom used today.

Read more about Roman numerals on Wikipedia.

How to Use YARC

• Run the YARC driver from the command line:

   % java -jar yarc.jar [numeral]
  

  The numeral can be either Arabic or Roman, the driver will automatically detect its type.

• Import and use the YARC library in your Java program:

  1. Ensure yarc.jar is included in your classpath.

  2. import net.unentangled.*;