RE: [PHP] Ok, I know this may sound like a stupid question...

I may be missing something, but a casual analysis makes me think if you don't use an array, it seems like you're going to end up with code that uses if-elsif-else to distinguish between the specific cases, of which there are 4*3*2, meaning you'll have 24 different if clauses. You may be able to cut this down if you don't have 24 different outcomes -- in other words, if you only have to choose between doing 3 things based on the resulting sort order, you can cut down on the number of tests. My suggestion would be to bite the bullet, write a PHP function that implements a bubble-sort on an array of size n, use it with your data, post the function on zend.com, and then you can be a hero to all the PHP programmers who come after you trying to solve the same problem. Something like this: function bubblesort( $ary ) Given a 1-dimensional array of arbitrary length, applies the bubble-sort algorithm to the array and returns a new array containing the now-sorted elements of the original array. Elements are sorted in numerical increasing order, with the lowest-sort-order element in array position 0. Returns true if successful, else false if an error condition was encountered. You get the idea. HTH. At 03:31 PM 12/5/2000 -0600, Jeff Demel wrote: >Oops. My example uses an array, and you specifically said that was not the >way you wanted to go. > >May I ask why? > >-Jeff > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jeff Demel [mailto:jdlists@iglue.com] >Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 3:29 PM >To: Boget, Chris; PHP (E-mail) >Subject: RE: [PHP] Ok, I know this may sound like a stupid question... > > >At the risk of bringing down flame-hellfire on my head, you could use a >bubble sort. With so few variables to sort through, it should work great. > >Here's a JavaScript example: >http://javascript.internet.com/calculators/bubble-sort.html > >-Jeff > >-----Original Message----- >From: Boget, Chris [mailto:Chris.Boget@wild.net] >Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 3:12 PM >To: PHP (E-mail) >Subject: [PHP] Ok, I know this may sound like a stupid question... > > >but I've been trying to find *simple* logic to do >this and I cannot seem to wrap my head around >it... > >I have 4 variables that are dynamically assigned >numerical values. Let's say, after all the dynamic >assignement is completed, I end up with: > >$this = 13; >$that = 9; >$other = 27; >$bob = 2; > >What is the simplest way to figure out what order >those variables should go in ascending order.... >Without putting the above 4 variables in an array... > >I've got some code, but it's soooo long. Longer than >it should be, I'm sure. > >Thanks for any help you can provide! > >Chris > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > ...................................................................... Les Neste Cellphone 678-778-0382 Web http://www.lesneste.com