package Example; use strict; use warnings; my %ROMANS = qw( 1000 M 900 CM 500 D 400 CD 100 C 90 XC 50 L 40 XL 10 X 9 IX 5 V 4 IV 1 I ); sub new { return bless { decimal => $_[1] } => $_[0] } sub to_roman { my $self = shift; my $decimal = $self->{decimal}; my $roman; my @places = sort {$b <=> $a} keys %ROMANS; use integer; while ( $decimal > 0 ) { my $key = shift @places; my $repeat = $decimal / $key; $decimal -= $key * $repeat; $roman .= $ROMANS{$key} x $repeat; } return $roman; } __PACKAGE__;