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Re: solved! Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work (was: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work) [message #185222 is a reply to message #185217]

Thu, 13 March 2014 02:50

Doug Miller
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Tim Streater <timstreater(at)greenbee(dot)net> wrote in news:120320142249386192%
timstreater(at)greenbee(dot)net:

> In article <85dkidwa0h67(dot)ecj3ezgrqtzk$(dot)dlg(at)40tude(dot)net>, richard
> <noreply(at)example(dot)com> wrote:
>
> You're welcome.
>
>> $x=1;
>> while ($x<40){
>> $yr=rand(1,10);
>> $yr=$yr+59;
>>
>> $num=rand(1,100);
>> if ($num<100){$num="0".$num;}
>> if ($num<10){$num="0".$num;}
>
> What is the point if this second "if"? You've already covered that with
> the first.

No, he hasn't. The point is to pad $num on the left with zeros to a consistent length of 3
characters. Values less than 100 are padded with a zero; values less than 10 are padded
again -- so anything between 1 and 9 inclusive gets two padding characters, and values
from 10 to 99 get only one.

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		Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Mr Oldies on Wed, 12 March 2014 17:18
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Tim Streater on Wed, 12 March 2014 17:36
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Doug Miller on Wed, 12 March 2014 19:02
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Doug Miller on Wed, 12 March 2014 19:06
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Denis McMahon on Wed, 12 March 2014 20:34
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Tim Streater on Wed, 12 March 2014 22:51
		solved! Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work (was: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work) By: Mr Oldies on Wed, 12 March 2014 21:08
		Re: solved! Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work (was: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work) By: Tim Streater on Wed, 12 March 2014 22:49
		Re: solved! Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Christoph Michael Bec on Thu, 13 March 2014 00:11
		Re: solved! Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Mr Oldies on Thu, 13 March 2014 02:43
		Re: solved! Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Fri, 14 March 2014 22:23
		Re: solved! Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Christoph Michael Bec on Fri, 14 March 2014 22:58
		Re: solved! Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Mr Oldies on Thu, 13 March 2014 01:14
		Re: solved! Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work (was: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work) By: Doug Miller on Thu, 13 March 2014 02:50
		Re: solved! Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work (was: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work) By: Denis McMahon on Thu, 13 March 2014 16:23
		Re: solved! Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work (was: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work) By: Doug Miller on Thu, 13 March 2014 02:53
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Norman Peelman on Thu, 13 March 2014 03:02
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 13 March 2014 03:11
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Norman Peelman on Fri, 14 March 2014 13:31
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 14 March 2014 15:00
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Norman Peelman on Fri, 14 March 2014 15:47
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 14 March 2014 16:55
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Norman Peelman on Sat, 15 March 2014 03:10
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Norman Peelman on Thu, 13 March 2014 04:31
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Daniel Pitts on Fri, 14 March 2014 19:42
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Fri, 14 March 2014 22:07
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Ben Bacarisse on Sat, 15 March 2014 21:32
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 15 March 2014 22:14
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 16 March 2014 02:14
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Ben Bacarisse on Sun, 16 March 2014 02:51
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 16 March 2014 13:46
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Gabriel on Sun, 16 March 2014 14:45
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Norman Peelman on Sun, 16 March 2014 23:52
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Denis McMahon on Mon, 17 March 2014 02:16
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Gabriel on Mon, 17 March 2014 12:43
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 17 March 2014 12:52
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Mon, 17 March 2014 13:32
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Gabriel on Mon, 17 March 2014 13:47
		Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Mon, 17 March 2014 15:07

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