re = /^(?!$)M{0,2}(?:M(?=CM(?:XC)?(?:IX)?$))?(?:C(?=M[^CD]*(?:XC)?[^CD]*$))?M?(?:C(?=D[^C]*(?:XC)?[^C]*$))?D?C{0,2}(?:C(?=XC(?:IX)?$))?(?:X(?=C[^X]*(?:IX)?[^X]*$)(?!.*L))?C?(?:X(?=L[^X]*(?:IX)?[^X]*$))?L?X{0,2}(?:X(?=IX$))?(?:I(?=[XV]$))?X?V?I{0,3}$/
str = 'I
II
XXIX
XXXVIII
IV
XIV
XXXIX
LXXX
XL
CCCXCIX
DCCCXCIX
CDXC
MMMCMIX
MMMCMXCIX
MMMCM
(MMMCM)CMI
(I)'
# Print the match result
str.match(re) do |match|
puts match.to_s
end
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Ruby, please visit: http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.0/Regexp.html