| Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work [message #185263 is a reply to message #185244] |
Sat, 15 March 2014 03:10   |
Norman Peelman
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On 03/14/2014 12:55 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 3/14/2014 11:47 AM, Norman Peelman wrote:
>> On 03/14/2014 11:00 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> On 3/14/2014 9:31 AM, Norman Peelman wrote:
>>>> On 03/12/2014 11:11 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>> > On 3/12/2014 11:02 PM, Norman Peelman wrote:
>>>> >> On 03/12/2014 01:18 PM, richard wrote:
>>>> >>> $x=1;
>>>> >>> while ($x<40){
>>>> >>> $yr=range(60,69);
>>>> >>> shuffle($yr);
>>>> >>> $ayr[$x]=$yr[$x];
>>>> >>> echo $ayr[$x]."<br>";
>>>> >>> $x++;
>>>> >>> }
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I am attempting to load an array based upon the range of numbers 60
>>>> >>> through
>>>> >>> 69.
>>>> >>> The array will have 40 items.
>>>> >>> This code produces 9 items just fine.
>>>> >>> The rest of the array is empty.
>>>> >>> What am I missing?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> for ($items=1; $items<=40; $items++)
>>>> >> {
>>>> >> $ayr[$items] = range(60,69);
>>>> >> shuffle(&$ayr[$items]);
>>>> >> }
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> > Why would you shuffle a single item?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> $ayr[$items] is an Array
>>>>
>>>> php > print_r($ayr);
>>>> Array
>>>> (
>>>> [1] => Array
>>>> (
>>>> [0] => 60
>>>> [1] => 61
>>>> [2] => 62
>>>> [3] => 63
>>>> [4] => 64
>>>> [5] => 65
>>>> [6] => 66
>>>> [7] => 67
>>>> [8] => 68
>>>> [9] => 69
>>>> )
>>>>
>>>> )
>>>>
>>>> ... after Shuffle:
>>>>
>>>> php > shuffle(&$ayr[1]);
>>>> php > print_r($ayr[1]);
>>>> Array
>>>> (
>>>> [0] => 67
>>>> [1] => 69
>>>> [2] => 66
>>>> [3] => 61
>>>> [4] => 62
>>>> [5] => 60
>>>> [6] => 64
>>>> [7] => 68
>>>> [8] => 63
>>>> [9] => 65
>>>> )
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, I was in a hurry and wasn't paying as much attention.
>>>
>>> But then why have 40 different arrays of 10 items each, anyway?
>>>
>>
>> I don't even know why there are 40 items when you are pulling from a
>> selection of 10 - there's going to be duplicates. Maybe that doesn't
>> matter... I think someone else actually had what Richard was really
>> after.
>>
>>
>>
>
> But each item in your list is an array. He wants single values.
>
>
Now that I checked his page I see what he was after.
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Norman
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