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Posted by C. (http://symcbean.blogspot.com/) on 01/07/08 12:20
On 7 Jan, 09:15, Erwin Moller
<Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_m...@spamyourself.com> wrote:
> jodleren wrote:
> > Hi!
>
> > I have a function, a part of my code which I can use as a function.
>
> I have no clue what that sentence means. :P
>
> It
>
> > will return 2 arrays, and I am wondering what way to do so. Both
> > arrays hold strings, there are no special keys.
<snip>
> I would go with something like 2, because it is the most structured
> approach in my opinion.
>
> Something like this:
>
> function gimme2(){
> $arr1 = array("hi","bla");
> $arr2 = array("more","of","this");
> $returnThis = array();
> $returnThis["arr1"] = $arr1;
> $returnThis["arr2"] = $arr2;
> return $returnThis;
>
> }
>
> // from code:
> $result = gimme2();
> // $result["arr1"] now contains first array, $result["arr2"] the second
<snip>
>
> I prefer returning complex datastructures as hashed arrays, because I
> can be more descriptive (like what holds what), but that is a matter of
> taste.
/me prefers not to explicitly create data structures which are only
used once:
function gimme2(){
$arr1 = array("hi","bla");
$arr2 = array("more","of","this");
return array($arr1, $arr2);
}
list($first, $second)=gime2();
C.
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