Roman Numerals Converter

The problem

Write a program that prompts the user to enter a number within the range of 1 through 10. The program should display the Roman numeral version of that number. If the number is outside the range of 1-10, the program should display an error message.

Breaking it down

public static void main(String[] args) {

    // Create a Scanner object for keyboard input.
    Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);

    // Get a number from the user.
    System.out.print("Enter a number in the range of 1 - 10: ");

    int number = keyboard.nextInt(); // User inputed number

    //close stream
    keyboard.close();

    // Get Roman numeral.
    String romanNumerals = convertNumberToRomanNumeral(number);

    // Output to user
    System.out.println(romanNumerals);
}

/**
 * Method should return a Roman numeral that represents
 * the number input.
 *
 * @param number
 * @return String that represents a Roman numeral
 */
static String convertNumberToRomanNumeral(Integer number) {

    switch (number) {
    case 1:
        return "I";

    case 2:
        return "II";

    case 3:
        return "III";

    case 4:
        return "IV";

    case 5:
        return "V";

    case 6:
        return "VI";

    case 7:
        return "VII";

    case 8:
        return "VIII";

    case 9:
        return "IX";

    case 10:
        return "X";

    default:
        return "Invalid number.";

    }
}

Output

Enter a number in the range of 1 - 10: 4
IV

Unit tests

@Test
public void test_convertNumberToRomanNumeral(){

    String five = RomanNumerals.convertNumberToRomanNumeral(5);

    assertEquals("V", five);
}

@Test
public void test_convertNumberToRomanNumeral_invalid(){

    String five = RomanNumerals.convertNumberToRomanNumeral(100);

    assertEquals("Invalid number.", five);
}

Level Up

  • Validate user input to be within range that the program can process.
  • How would you write a program that would process all numbers?