Re: array question

On 12/17/2010 12:52 PM, Sorin Buturugeanu wrote:

Hello all! I have a question regarding arrays and the way I can use a value. Let's say I have this string: $s = 'banana,apple,mellon,grape,nut,orange' I want to explode it, and get the third value. For this I would normally do: $a = explode(',', $s); echo $s[2]; That's all fine, but is there a way to get the value directly, without having to write another line in my script. I mean something like this: echo explode(',', $s)[2]; or echo {explode(',', $s)}[2]; I couldn't find out this answer anywhere, that's why I posted here. Cheers and thanks!

Sure it CAN be done. Nobody laugh too loud here... But... <?php $s = 'banana,apple,mellon,grape,nut,orange'; echo preg_replace('/([^,]+,){3}([^,]+).*/', '$2', $s); ?> Outputs: grape The {3} part is equivalent to the array position. Change that number, and you change which word will get displayed. Jim Lucas