note 102709 deleted from language.types.string by cmb

Note Submitter: dee jay simple 0 0 7 at ge mahl dot com ---- I recently discovered the joys of using heredoc with sprintf and positions. Useful if you want some code to iterate, you can repeat placeholders. <?php function getNumber($num = 0) { $foo = rand(1,20); return ($foo + $num); } function getString() { $foo = array("California","Oregon","Washington"); shuffle($foo); return $foo[0]; } function getDiv() { $num = getNumber(); $div = sprintf( "<div>%s</div>", getNumber(rand(-5,5)) ); return $div; } $string = <<<THESTRING I like the state of %1\$s <br /> I picked: %2\$d as a number, <br /> I also picked %2\$d as a number again <br /> %3\$s<br /> %3\$s<br /> %3\$s<br /> %3\$s<br /> %3\$s<br /> THESTRING; $returnText = sprintf( $string, getString(),getNumber(),getDiv() ); echo $returnText; ?> Expected output of the above code: I like the state of Oregon I picked: 15 as a number, I also picked 15 as a number again 5 5 5 5 5