| Re: Filling an array with random input doesn't quite work [message #185242 is a reply to message #185241] |
Fri, 14 March 2014 15:00   |
Jerry Stuckle
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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?
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