cvs: phpdoc /en/functions array.xml

philip Wed Mar 27 19:26:20 2002 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/en/functions array.xml Log: list: Added more examples, which demonstrate ,,, syntax See also extract() Index: phpdoc/en/functions/array.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/functions/array.xml:1.169 phpdoc/en/functions/array.xml:1.170 --- phpdoc/en/functions/array.xml:1.169 Wed Mar 27 18:55:32 2002 +++ phpdoc/en/functions/array.xml Wed Mar 27 19:26:19 2002 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.169 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.170 $ --> <reference id="ref.array"> <title>Array Functions</title> <titleabbrev>Arrays</titleabbrev> @@ -3127,8 +3127,36 @@ Like <function>array</function>, this is not really a function, but a language construct. <function>list</function> is used to assign a list of variables in one operation. + </para> + <para> + <example> + <title><function>list</function> examples</title> + <programlisting role="php"> +<![CDATA[ +<?php + +$info = array('coffee', 'brown', 'caffeine'); + +// Listing all the variables +list($drink, $color, $power) = $info; +print "$drink is $color and $power makes it special.\n"; + +// Listing some of them +list($drink, , $power) = $info; +print "$drink has $power.\n"; + +// Or let's skip to only the third one +list( , , $power) = $info; +print "I need $power!\n"; + +?> +]]> + </programlisting> + </example> + </para> + <para> <example> - <title><function>list</function> example</title> + <title>An example use of <function>list</function></title> <programlisting role="php"> <![CDATA[ <table> @@ -3155,7 +3183,8 @@ </example> </para> <para> - See also <function>each</function> and <function>array</function>. + See also <function>each</function>, <function>array</function> + and <function>extract</function>. </para> </refsect1> </refentry>