Convert to Roman Numeral

This little program will conver convert numbers to Roman Numerals. It is able to conver convert any value from 1 to 3999. Roman's Romans did not have a consistent numbering scheme after 3999.

 dim i(13) 
 dim r$(13) 
 key$ = "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" 
 [again] 
 roman$ = "" 
 input "Please enter a number:";num 
 if num < 4000 then 
 for x = 0 to 12 
 i(x+1) = val(word$(key$,(x*2)+1)) 
 r$(x+1) = word$(key$,(x*2)+2) 
 while num >= i(x+1) 
 roman$ = roman$ + r$(x+1) 
 num = num - i(x+1) 
 wend 
 next x 
 print "The ROMAN conversion is: ";roman$ 
 else 
 print "The number to be converted is over 3999 - try again." 
 end if 
 confirm "Convert another?";a$ 
 if a$ = "yes" then goto [again] 

- bradmoore Jan 24, 2006