Array processing examples
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//  Create an array for month abbreviations and an array that associates month
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//  abbreviations with the number of days in the month.
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$months = array('Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May',  
$months = array('Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May',  
         'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec');
         'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec');
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$monthsAndDays = array("Jan"=>31, "Feb"=>28,"Mar"=>31,"Apr"=>30,"May"=>31,"Jun"=>30,
$monthsAndDays = array("Jan"=>31, "Feb"=>28,"Mar"=>31,"Apr"=>30,"May"=>31,"Jun"=>30,
         "Jul"=>31,"Aug"=>31,"Sep"=>30,"Oct"=>31,
         "Jul"=>31,"Aug"=>31,"Sep"=>30,"Oct"=>31,
"Nov"=>30,"Dec"=>30);
"Nov"=>30,"Dec"=>30);
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// Print the abbreviations of the months
foreach($months as $key => $value) {
foreach($months as $key => $value) {
   print "$key -> $value<BR />";
   print "$key -> $value<BR />";
}
}
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// Print the abbreviations and the number of days of the month.
foreach($monthsAndDays as $key => $value) {
foreach($monthsAndDays as $key => $value) {
   print "$key -> $value<BR />";
   print "$key -> $value<BR />";
}
}
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// Do the same thing another way
foreach($months as $key => $value) {
foreach($months as $key => $value) {
   print "$value -> $monthsAndDays[$value]<BR />";
   print "$value -> $monthsAndDays[$value]<BR />";
}
}
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// A function that computes the sum of the days in an associative array
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// Note that we can use any name we want for the parameter ($months),
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// including a name that has already been used in program.  This is
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// because the parameter has local scope.
function sumDaysOfYear($months){
function sumDaysOfYear($months){

Revision as of 11:48, 15 March 2010

<?php
/*
 * Performs various operations on arrays
 *
 */
?>
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  <HEAD>
    <TITLE>Arrays examples</TITLE>
  </HEAD>
  <BODY>
    <H4>Array Examples</h4>

<?php

//  Create an array for month abbreviations and an array that associates month
//  abbreviations with the number of days in the month.

$months = array('Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 
         'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec');

$monthsAndDays = array("Jan"=>31, "Feb"=>28,"Mar"=>31,"Apr"=>30,"May"=>31,"Jun"=>30,
         "Jul"=>31,"Aug"=>31,"Sep"=>30,"Oct"=>31,
"Nov"=>30,"Dec"=>30);

// Print the abbreviations of the months

foreach($months as $key => $value) {
   print "$key -> $value<BR />";
}

// Print the abbreviations and the number of days of the month.

foreach($monthsAndDays as $key => $value) {
   print "$key -> $value<BR />";
}

// Do the same thing another way

foreach($months as $key => $value) {
   print "$value -> $monthsAndDays[$value]<BR />";
}

// A function that computes the sum of the days in an associative array
// Note that we can use any name we want for the parameter ($months), 
// including a name that has already been used in program.  This is
// because the parameter has local scope.

function sumDaysOfYear($months){
   $sum = 0;
   foreach ($months as $key => $value) {
       $sum += $value;
   }
   return $sum;
}

echo "There are " .  sumDaysOfYear($monthsAndDays) . " days in the year";

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