Re: Correct names for things!
| From: | Hannes Magnusson | Date: | Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:40:37 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Correct names for things! | ||
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Ray Leiter <ray.leiter@verizon.net> wrote:
> Are the terms "Numeric Array" and "Indexed Array" synonymous?
>
> ....for this example:
>
> $a[0]="1"; $a[1]="1"; $a[2]="1";
>
> OR, is it not technically correct to refer to this array as "Numeric"?
>
> In other words, are arrays in PHP named based on how they are accessed or on
> the type of data they contain, or neither?
$a[0]="1"; $a[1]="1"; $a[2]="1"; unset($a[1]);
What would you call this array? Non-sequentally-indexed array? o.O
-Hannes