note 81301 modified in function.max by danbrown

From: Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:00:03 +0000
Subject: note 81301 modified in function.max by danbrown
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A way to bound a integer between two values is: <?php function bound($x, $min, $max) { return min(max($x, $min), $max); } ?> which is the same as: <?php $tmp = $x; if($tmp < $min) { $tmp = $min; } if($tmp > $max) { $tmp = $max; } $y = $tmp; ?> So if you wanted to bound an integer between 1 and 12 for example: Input: <?php $x = 0; echo bound(0, 1, 12).'<br />'; $x = 1; echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />'; $x = 6; echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />'; $x = 12; echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />'; $x = 13; echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />'; ?> Output: 1 1 6 12 12 --was-- A way to bound a integer between two values is: function bound($x, $min, $max) { return min(max($x, $min), $max); } which is the same as: $tmp = $x; if($tmp < $min) { $tmp = $min; } if($tmp > $max) { $tmp = $max; } $y = $tmp; So if you wanted to bound an integer between 1 and 12 for example: Input: $x = 0; echo bound(0, 1, 12).'<br />'; $x = 1; echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />'; $x = 6; echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />'; $x = 12; echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />'; $x = 13; echo bound($x, 1, 12).'<br />'; Output: 1 1 6 12 12 http://php.net/manual/en/function.max.php

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