Re: how to sum array items, vertically?
| From: | David Robley | Date: | Wed, 23 Jan 2002 03:10:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: how to sum array items, vertically? | ||
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sigurd@totallydigital.co.nz (Sigurd) wrote in
news:20020122132816.75505.qmail@pb1.pair.com:
> Assuming my array of this variety:
>
> array(
> "Monday" => 1, 4, 1, 0,
> "Tuesday" => 5, 0, 0, 0,
> "Sunday" => 2, 2, 3, 1);
>
> How do I sum, vertically, the numbers; short of traversing thru the
> array and doing it manually ? I thought about doing a array_flip() but
> that didnt work. I want this:
>
> array(
> 1 => 7,
> 2 => 6,
> 3 => 4,
> 4 => 1);
>
> Siggy
Presume you mean 1=>8 or are you using a real early pentium?
From whence are you populating this array? If it comes from a database it
might be an option to sum/group the data as you extract it and let the DB
do the dirty work.
Cheers
--
David Robley
Temporary Kiwi!