Re: [PHP4BETA] suggestion for new function str_change(string str,array

On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > Yes, I like this. How about just naming it flip() ? Or perhaps > array_flip()? There are all sorts of uses for this function on its > own. We'd have to figure out what to do in the case of: > > $a[0]="abc"; > $a[1]="abc"; > > Does $a[abc] become 0 or 1 after the flip? > > Or perhaps it becomes 2 on the theory that it might be cool to count the > number of instances of a particular index. I guess the behaviour could be > chosen with an argument. The choices being: > > - Select lowest value for multiply occurring indices > - Select highest value for multiply occurring indices > - Count number of occurences of index and make that the value for that index We already have array_count_values() for that. And array_keys() can take a second argument to search for a value and return an array of keys at which it occurs. -Andrei A room without books is like a body without a soul. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)