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This puzzle can be solved using the following concepts. Practice using these concepts and improve your skills.

Statement

 Goal

Sort a list of integer values in alphabetical order of their standard-form Roman numeral representations.
I=1, V=5, X=10, L=50, C=100, D=500, M=1000
IV=4, IX=9, XL=40, XC=90, CD=400, CM=900

Note that:
49 = XLIX, not IL
999 = CMXCIX, not IM

EXAMPLE
3
44
63
97

44 = XLIV, alphabetically 3rd
63 = LXIII, alphabetically 1st
97 = XCVII, alphabetically 2nd

Output:
63 97 44

For more on standard-form Roman numerals, see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals#Standard_form
Input
Line 1: An integer n, the number of integers to be sorted
Next n lines: a positive integer x
Output
The n integers from the input, space-separated and arranged in alphabetical order of the Roman-numeral representation of each x
Constraints
1 <= n <= 20
1 <= x <= 3999
Example
Input
7
1
5
10
50
100
500
1000
Output
100 500 1 50 1000 5 10

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