Posted by rouvas on 10/26/05 16:11

Simpler(?) approach:

$element5 = current(array_splice(split(',',$csvstring),5,1));

This is fun!

-Stathis

On Wednesday 26 October 2005 17:08, Jochem Maas wrote:
> Sψren Schimkat wrote:
> > Hi guys
> >
> > I would like to convert this ..
> >
> >
> > $tmparray = split(',', $csvstring);
>
> don't use split() here - there is no need for regexp.
> use explode() instead.
>
> > $element5 = $tmparray[5];
> >
> >
> > . to something like this:
> >
> >
> > $element5 = (split(',', $csvstring))[5];
>
> $csvstring = "1,2,3,4,5,6";
> echo "route "; // humor me
> echo $element5 = current(array_reverse(array_slice(explode(",",
> $csvstring), 0, 6))); echo $element5 = end(array_slice(explode(",",
> $csvstring), 0, 6));
>
> not as short as perl - unfortunately there is no valid
> syntax that allows dereferenced access to array elements (AFAIK).
>
> > . but I just can't find the correct syntax. It is Perl style - i know,
> > but I just love this syntax. :-)
> >
> > Does anyonw know the correct syntax?

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