% Prolog program to print out Roman numerals


toroman(0).
toroman(N) :- N < 4, put("I"), M is N - 1, toroman(M).
toroman(N) :- N = 4, put("I"), put("V").
toroman(N) :- N = 5, put("V").
toroman(N) :- N < 9, put("V"), M is N - 5, toroman(M).
toroman(N) :- N = 9, put("I"), put("X").
toroman(N) :- N < 40, put("X"), M is N - 10, toroman(M).
toroman(N) :- N < 50, put("X"), put("L"), M is N - 40, toroman(M).
toroman(N) :- N < 90, put("L"), M is N - 50, toroman(M).
toroman(N) :- N < 100, put("X"), put("C"), M is N - 90, toroman(M).
toroman(N) :- N < 400, put("C"), M is N - 100, toroman(M).
toroman(N) :- N < 500, put("C"), put("D"), M is N - 400, toroman(M).
toroman(N) :- N < 900, put("D"), put("D"), M is N - 500, toroman(M).
toroman(N) :- N < 1000, put("C"), put("M"), M is N - 900, toroman(M).
toroman(N) :- N < 4000, put("M"), M is N - 1000, toroman(M).

% The procedure generate(N) prints out the Roman numerals for 1 through N.
% genhelper keeps track of how many numbers are left to print.

genhelper(_,0).
genhelper(N,NLeft) :- toroman(N), nl, !, M is N + 1, 
                     NewNLeft is NLeft - 1, genhelper(M,NewNLeft).

generate(N) :- genhelper(1, N).