On Tue, July 31, 2007 8:27 am, Carlton Whitehead wrote:
I have an array like this:
$chance = array(lowercase = 27, uppercase = 62, integer =
46);
The values for each of the keys are randomly generated. I want to find
the key name of the one which has the highest value. Currently, I'm
doing
Hi Carlton,
Tuesday, July 31, 2007, 2:27:46 PM, you wrote:
I have an array like this:
$chance = array(lowercase = 27, uppercase = 62, integer = 46);
The values for each of the keys are randomly generated. I want to
find the key name of the one which has the highest value. Currently, I'm
At this point, $result would be equal to uppercase. I feel
like this is a really kludgey way to accomplish this. Is there
a better way?
Couldn't you just do
arsort($chance);
$lastItem = chance[( count( $chance ) - 1 )];
? Why iterate through the array when all you need is the last
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Subject: RE: [PHP] Array difficulty
At this point, $result would be equal to uppercase. I feel
like this is a really kludgey way to accomplish this. Is there
a better way?
Couldn't you just do
arsort($chance);
$lastItem = chance[( count( $chance ) - 1 )];
? Why
At this point, $result would be equal to uppercase. I feel like
this is a really kludgey way to accomplish this. Is there a better way?
Not tested it, but max() should work as the first parameter can be an
array:
http://uk3.php.net/max
Except he's looking for the key and not the value, which
On 31/07/07, Carlton Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I have an array like this:
$chance = array(lowercase = 27, uppercase = 62, integer = 46);
The values for each of the keys are randomly generated. I want to find the
key name of the one which has the highest value. Currently,
On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 14:43 +0100, Chris Boget wrote:
At this point, $result would be equal to uppercase. I feel
like this is a really kludgey way to accomplish this. Is there
a better way?
Couldn't you just do
arsort($chance);
$lastItem = chance[( count( $chance ) - 1 )];
Couldn't you just do
arsort($chance);
$lastItem = chance[( count( $chance ) - 1 )];
$lastItem = end( $chance );
end() returns the value as well. You would also need to use key().
thnx,
Chris
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On 31/07/07, Carlton Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Couldn't you just do
arsort($chance);
$lastItem = chance[( count( $chance ) - 1 )];
I tried that earlier, but the problem is:
count( $chance ) - 1 ); returns an integer, so I would be asking for
something like $chance[1] or
On 31/07/07, Alister Bulman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 31/07/07, Carlton Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Couldn't you just do
arsort($chance);
$lastItem = chance[( count( $chance ) - 1 )];
I tried that earlier, but the problem is:
count( $chance ) - 1 ); returns an integer, so I
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