Ok here's what I have so far. Written in PHP of course. The problem is that the border trick, while working, doesn't look that great. I need to find another method to put a bar over the symbol. This craps out at about 100,00 posts but I figure we have time to deal with that.
function decRN($num)
{
$values = array (
100000 => array (
array('C', 1),
),
90000 => array (
array('X', 1),
array('C', 1),
),
50000 => array (
array('L', 1),
),
40000 => array (
array('X', 1),
array('L', 1),
),
10000 => array (
array('X', 1),
),
9000 => array (
array('M', 0),
array('X', 1),
),
5000 => array (
array('V', 1),
),
4000 => array (
array('M', 0),
array('V', 1),
),
1000 => array(
array('M', 0),
),
900 => array (
array('C', 0),
array('M', 0),
),
500 => array (
array('D', 0),
),
400 => array (
array('C', 0),
array('D', 0),
),
100 => array (
array('C', 0),
),
90 => array (
array('X', 0),
array('C', 0),
),
50 => array (
array('L', 0),
),
40 => array (
array('X', 0),
array('L', 0),
),
10 => array (
array('X', 0),
),
9 => array (
array('I', 0),
array('X', 0),
),
5 => array (
array('V', 0),
),
4 => array (
array('I', 0),
array('V', 0),
),
1 => array (
array('I', 0),
),
);
$str = '';
foreach($values as $val => $data )
{
while ( $num >= $val )
{
foreach ($data AS $sym)
$str.= '<span style="border-top: ' . $sym[1] . 'px solid black">' . $sym[0] . '</span>';
$num -= $val;
}
}
return $str;
}So if anyone has any ideas of a better way to get the bar over the symbol please let me know