Re: restating plea for help with sort

Try this code (tested): <---------- Begin Code ----------> foreach ($list as $key => $value) {

    // If elements value is a numeral add to numeric_array
    if (is_numeric($value)) {
        $numeric_array[$key] = $value;
    // If value is not a numeral (presumably 'n/a') add to na_array
    } else {
        $na_array [$key] = $value;
    }

} // Re-combine arrays placing all "other" values at the end $final_array = array_merge($numeric_array, $na_array); <---------- End Code ----------> Hope that helps, Jason Kevin Stone wrote:

To append my own answer. In order to sort the non "n/a" values you're going to have to build a separate array and perhaps this will simplfy the problem. So instead of what I suggested below.. loop the array and start TWO new arrays within the loop. One array for "n/a" values and one for non-"n/a" values. After the values are sorted to their separate arrays do asort($nonnavals); then concatonate the two arrays together using array_merge(), putting the "n/a" array second. - Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Stone" <kevin@helpelf.com> To: <jim@jimlong.net>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] restating plea for help with sort

Hmm well upon first glance looks like all you need to do is loop that

array

and start a new array within the loop. An If/Else construct checks If the value is "n/a" then append to the back of the new array Else prepend to

the

front of the new array.    You append the values manually or use

array_push() and array_unshift(). Search the manual for more information. Hope that helps. - Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Long" <jim@jimlong.net> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:35 AM Subject: [PHP] restating plea for help with sort

Hi, I have an array with an html link as key and different $vars as val: $list = array ( '<a href="http://someplace.com/">some place</a>' => $vendor1_total, '<a href="http://anotherplace.com/">another place</a>' =>

$vendor2__total,

[snip] etc.. some vals are numeric and some vals are "n/a" asort works to sort the array as a string, however, I need to sort the numeric vals numeric, then have the n/a's go away or be output at the bottom of the sort. Please be clear and gentle.. I'm not schooled in php, just a tinkerer trying to make this mess work. Thanks In Advance, Jim Long -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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