Parse roman numerals to integers
See the question and my original answer on StackOverflowFWIW, here is a "try parse" version of David DeMar's answer:
private static readonly Dictionary<char, int> _romanMap = new Dictionary<char, int>() { { 'I', 1 }, { 'V', 5 }, { 'X', 10 }, { 'L', 50 }, { 'C', 100 }, { 'D', 500 }, { 'M', 1000 } };
public static bool TryParseRoman(string text, out int value)
{
value = 0;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
return false;
var number = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < text.Length; i++)
{
if (!_romanMap.TryGetValue(text[i], out var num))
return false;
if ((i + 1) < text.Length)
{
if (!_romanMap.TryGetValue(text[i + 1], out var num2))
return false;
if (num < num2)
{
number -= num;
continue;
}
}
number += num;
}
value = number;
return true;
}