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-\section*{Scala Part (Roman Numerals)}
-
-This coursework is worth 50\%. It is about translating roman numerals
-into integers. Make sure the files you submit can be
-processed by just calling
-
-\begin{center}
- \texttt{scala <<filename.scala>>}
-\end{center}%\bigskip
-
-\noindent
-\textbf{Important:} Do not use any mutable data structures in your
-submission! They are not needed. This menas you cannot use
-\texttt{ListBuffer}s, \texttt{Array}s, for example. Do not use \texttt{return} in your
-code! It has a different meaning in Scala, than in Java. Do not use
-\texttt{var}! This declares a mutable variable. Make sure the
-functions you submit are defined on the ``top-level'' of Scala, not
-inside a class or object.
-
-
-\subsection*{Disclaimer}
-
-It should be understood that the work you submit represents your own
-effort! You have not copied from anyone else. An exception is the
-Scala code I showed during the lectures or uploaded to KEATS, which
-you can freely use.\bigskip
-
-
-\subsection*{Tasks}
-
-\noindent
-Roman numerals are strings consisting of the letters $I$, $V$, $X$,
-$L$, $C$, $D$, and $M$. Such strings should be transformed into an
-internal representation using the datatypes \texttt{RomanDigit} and
-\texttt{RomanNumeral} (defined in \texttt{roman.scala}), and then from
-this internal representation converted into Integers.
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item[(1)] First write a polymorphic function that recursively
- transforms a list of options into an option of a list. For example,
- if you have the lists on the left-hand side below, they should be transformed into
- the options on the right-hand side:
-
- \begin{center}
- \begin{tabular}{lcl}
- \texttt{List(Some(1), Some(2), Some(3))} & $\Rightarrow$ &
- \texttt{Some(List(1, 2, 3))} \\
- \texttt{List(Some(1), None, Some(3))} & $\Rightarrow$ &
- \texttt{None} \\
- \texttt{List()} & $\Rightarrow$ & \texttt{Some(List())}
- \end{tabular}
- \end{center}
-
- This means the function should produce \texttt{None} as soon
- as a \texttt{None} is inside the list. Otherwise it produces
- a list of all \texttt{Some}s. In case the list is empty, it
- produces \texttt{Some} of the empty list. \hfill[15\% Marks]
-
-
-\item[(2)] Write first a function that converts the characters $I$, $V$,
- $X$, $L$, $C$, $D$, and $M$ into an option of a \texttt{RomanDigit}.
- If the input is one of the roman digits, the function should produce \texttt{Some};
- otherwise \texttt{None}.
-
- Next write a function that converts a string into a
- \texttt{RomanNumeral}. Again, this function should return an
- \texttt{Option}: If the string consists of $I$, $V$, $X$, $L$, $C$,
- $D$, and $M$ only, then it produces \texttt{Some}; otherwise if
- there is any other character in the string, it should produce
- \texttt{None}. The empty string is just the empty
- \texttt{RomanNumeral}, that is the empty list of
- \texttt{RomanDigit}'s. You should use the function under Task (1)
- to produce the result. \hfill[15\% Marks]
-
-\item[(3)] Write a recursive function \texttt{RomanNumral2Int} that
- converts a \texttt{RomanNumeral} into an integer. You can assume the
- generated integer will be between 0 and 3999. The argument of the
- function is a list of roman digits. It should analyse how this list
- starts and then calculate what the corresponding integer is for this
- ``start'' and add it with the integer for the rest of the list. That
- means if the argument is of the form shown on the left-hand side, it
- should do the calculation on the right-hand side.
-
- \begin{center}
- \begin{tabular}{lcl}
- $M::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $1000 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $C::M::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $900 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $D::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $500 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $C::D::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $400 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $C::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $100 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $X::C::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $90 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $L::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $50 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $X::L::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $40 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $X::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $10 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $I::X::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $9 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $V::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $5 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $I::V::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $4 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$\\
- $I::r$ & $\Rightarrow$ & $1 + \text{roman numeral of rest}\; r$
- \end{tabular}
- \end{center}
-
- The empty list will be converted to integer $0$.\hfill[10\% Mark]
-
-\item[(4)] Write a function that takes a string as input and if possible
- converts it into the internal representation of Roman Numerals. If successful, it then
- calculates the corresponding integer (actually an option of an integer) according to the
- function in (3). If this is not possible, then return
- \texttt{None}.\\
- \mbox{}\hfill[10\% Mark]
-
-
-%\item[(5)] The file \texttt{roman.txt} contains a list of roman numerals.
-% Read in these numerals, convert them into integers and then add them all
-% up. The Scala function for reading a file is
-%
-% \begin{center}
-% \texttt{Source.fromFile("filename")("ISO-8859-9")}
-% \end{center}
-%
-% Make sure you process the strings correctly by ignoring whitespaces
-% where needed.\\ \mbox{}\hfill[1 Mark]
-\end{itemize}
-
-\end{document}
-
-\subsection*{Part 2 (Validation)}
-
-As you can see the function under Task (3) can produce some unexpected
-results. For example for $XXCIII$ it produces 103. The reason for this
-unexpected result is that $XXCIII$ is actually not a valid roman
-number, neither is $IIII$ for 4 nor $MIM$ for 1999. Although actual
-Romans were not so fussy about this,\footnote{They happily used
- numbers like $XIIX$ or $IIXX$ for 18.} but modern times declared
-that there are precise rules for what a valid roman number is, namely:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item Repeatable roman digits are $I$, $X$, $C$ and $M$. The other ones
- are non-repeatable. Repeatable digits can be repeated upto 3 times in a
- number (for example $MMM$ is OK); non-repeatable digits cannot be
- repeated at all (for example $VV$ is excluded).
-
-\item If a smaller digits precedes a bigger digit, then $I$ can precede $V$ and $X$; $X$ can preced
- $L$ and $C$; and $C$ can preced $D$ and $M$. No other combination is permitted in this case.
-
-\item If a smaller digit precedes a bigger digit (for example $IV$), then the smaller number
- must be either the first digit in the number, or follow a digit which is at least 10 times its value.
- So $VIV$ is excluded, because $I$ follows $V$ and $I * 10$ is bigger than $V$; but $XIV$ is
- allowed, because $I$ follows $X$ and $I * 10$ is equal to $X$.
-
-\item Let us say two digits are called a \emph{compound} roman digit
- when a smaller digit precedes a bigger digit (so $IV$, $XL$, $CM$
- for example). If a compound digit is followed by another digit, then
- this digit must be smaller than the first digit in the compound
- digit. For example $IXI$ is excluded, but $XLI$ is not.
-
-\item The empty roman numeral is valid.
-\end{itemize}
-
-\noindent
-The tasks in this part are as follows:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item[(6)] Implement a recursive function \texttt{isValidNumeral} that
- takes a \texttt{RomanNumeral} as argument and produces true if \textbf{all}
- the rules above are satisfied, and otherwise false.
-
- Hint: It might be more convenient to test when the rules fail and then return false;
- return true in all other cases.
- \mbox{}\hfill[2 Marks]
-
-\item[(7)] Write a recursive function that converts an Integer into a \texttt{RomanNumeral}.
- You can assume the function will only be called for integers between 0 and 3999.\mbox{}\hfill[1 Mark]
-
-\item[(8)] Write a function that reads a text file (for example \texttt{roman2.txt})
- containing valid and invalid roman numerals. Convert all valid roman numerals into
- integers, add them up and produce the result as a \texttt{RomanNumeral} (using the function
- from (7)). \hfill[1 Mark]
-\end{itemize}
-
-
-\end{document}
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