Associative array

I'm too strong.. it works right out :-)

it printed :

one * two = 2


and then :

one * two = 2
three * two = 6
four * one = 4
three * twelve = 36

happy ? ;-)


<?
$thearray=array('one'=>1,'two'=>2,'three'=>3,'four'=>4,'five'=>5,'six'=>6,'seven'=>7,'eight'=>8,'nine'=>9,'ten'=>10,'eleven'=>11,'twelve'=>12);
function compute($number1,$number2) {
 GLOBAL $thearray;
 return("$number1 * $number2 = ".$thearray["$number1"]*$thearray["$number2"]);
}

echo compute('one','two').'<br>';
echo compute('three','two').'<br>';
echo compute('four','one').'<br>';
echo compute('three','twelve').'<br>';
?>

but how can I use a loop to print the result???
I want first to print the timestable for 1 multiplied by the numbers from 1 to 12, and then for 2 multiplied by the numbers from 1-12,
and so on until the timestable for 12.

ah ok

but then hy didn't you just do the loops on numerical value,and only for display use the textual values ?

I followed your instructions on associative arrays... Which are not needed for what you want to print...

ie :

<?php

$thearray=array('','one','two','three','four','five','six','seven','eight','nine','ten','eleven','twelve');

for ($i=1;$i<13;$i++) { // display table of multiplication for $i
  echo "table for $i : <br>";
  for ($j=1;$j<13;$j++) echo $thearray[$i].' * '.$thearray[$j].' = '.($i*$j).'<br>';
} // for i

?>

and that's all...

put the thing that I would like to get is how to print the index when it is a text???

haven't I answered ?

the trick is that - you wil cheat - by using this definition :

$thearray=array('one'=>1,'two'=>2,'three'=>3,'four'=>4,'five'=>5,'six'=>6,'seven'=>7,'eight'=>8,'nine'=>9,'ten'=>10,'eleven'=>11,'twelve'=>12);


you've $thearray['one']=1 but also $thearray[0]=1 : they are the same element refrence

Thus use whatever technique for looping I described before, and use either the string [1st solution] or theindex value minus 1 if not

ok..Thankyou for your help>>>>>>>>>>>
ammmmmm!!!!!
but, still the idea is blury for me???
How to print the textual index??????

yes, it's a problem. You can't have the milk and the butter ;-))

$thearray[0] is 1, as is $thearray['one'], so to print the textual value of a given index, I suggest this - ugly, my first solution was better by far -

list($key,$val)=$thearray[$i];

and $key will be 'one'

$Number = Array(
     'One'=>1,
     'Two'=>2,
     'Three'=>3,
     // ...
);

foreach($Number As $k=>$v)
{
    echo("1 * $k = $v\n"); // replace \n with <br/> if in HTML
}

Ah, I re-read your post and here's a revision...

$Multiplier = 1; // Maybe get this from form input?

$Number = Array(
     1=>'One',
     'Two',
     'Three',
     'Four',
     'Five',
     'Six',
     'Seven',
     'Eight',
     'Nine',
     'Ten',
     'Eleven',
     'Twelve',
);

foreach($Number As $k=>$v)
{
    echo($Number[$Multiplier] . " * $v = " . ($Multiplier*$k) . "\n"); // replace \n with <br/> if in HTML
}

That should provide you with X * Y where Y = 1..12 and X is a set number from 1..12.

why do you continue answering ? I gave all the working code, two solutions, and a bonus to display the "label" based on numerical index.

call it an excercise is creative thinking...

... and lighten up :-p

of course :D

taken this way... 8-))

Why you angry VGR?????
let them give me ther ideas )-;