Re: When is "z" != "z" ?
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:18:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: When is "z" != "z" ? | ||
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On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 13:05, tedd wrote:
>
> I don't have these issues because I'm not Lithuanian. If a Lithuanian php
> programmer wants "y" to fall between "i" and "k" in a loop, then
> good
> luck -- for I can't get it to stop when it passes "z" -- which I think
> it should.
This isbecause you're using the wrong tool for the job. Don't blame the
tool, blame the user of the tool. if you want to loop from 'a' to 'z'
then use chr() and ord().
<?php
for( $i = ord( 'a' ); $i <= ord( 'z' ); $i++ )
{
echo "Nuff said!\n";
}
?>
Cheers,
Rob.
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