Renameing variables

[Boyd Pearson]

Below is a section of my code - i would like to be able to put the
variable renaming bit in to a function so that i don't have to keep
cutting and pasting it. the function would take (in this case) $sculp and
$paint_draw as its arguments. I spent a very long day failing to get it
to work -any help appreciated.

PHP:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------

case artbycas:

$table_name = array('artbycas_paint_draw', 'artbycas_sculp');
create_output($table_name);

randomize (1,2); //pick $numbers
$z = 1;
foreach ($numbers as $currNum){
$paint_draw[$z++] = $output[$currNum]; //rename $output[foo]
} //$paint_draw[1] , $paint_draw[2]

randomize (3,4);
$z = 1;
foreach ($numbers as $currNum){
$sculp[$z++] = $output[$currNum];
}

break;

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------
--
**************************************
The Eldritch Dark:
Dedicated to Clark Ashton Smith
http://www.eldritchdark.com/

[Randell D.]

"Boyd Pearson" <bo**@dont.spam.me> wrote in message
news:MP************************@news.slingshot.co. nz...

Below is a section of my code - i would like to be able to put the
variable renaming bit in to a function so that i don't have to keep
cutting and pasting it. the function would take (in this case) $sculp and
$paint_draw as its arguments. I spent a very long day failing to get it
to work -any help appreciated.

PHP:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------

case artbycas:

$table_name = array('artbycas_paint_draw', 'artbycas_sculp');
create_output($table_name);

randomize (1,2); //pick $numbers
$z = 1;
foreach ($numbers as $currNum){
$paint_draw[$z++] = $output[$currNum]; //rename $output[foo]
} //$paint_draw[1] , $paint_draw[2]

randomize (3,4);
$z = 1;
foreach ($numbers as $currNum){
$sculp[$z++] = $output[$currNum];
}

break;

I have some difficulty understanding exactly what you want to do - I believe
you want $paint_draw to have a copy of $output, except that $paint_draw has
its elements in random order (when compared to $output).

True?

If thats the case, why not try something like what I have below, instead of
a foreach loop?

<?
srand((float) microtime() * 10000000);
$paint_draw=shuffle($output);
?>

OR

<?
srand((float) microtime() * 10000000);
$numberOfElements=count($output);
$paint_draw=array_rand($output, $numberOfElements);
?>

[Boyd Pearson]

In article <eQ************************@news3.calgary.shaw.ca> ,
yo**************************@yahoo.com says...

"Boyd Pearson" <bo**@dont.spam.me> wrote in message
news:MP************************@news.slingshot.co. nz...

Below is a section of my code - i would like to be able to put the
variable renaming bit in to a function so that i don't have to keep
cutting and pasting it. the function would take (in this case) $sculp and
$paint_draw as its arguments. I spent a very long day failing to get it
to work -any help appreciated.

PHP:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------

case artbycas:

$table_name = array('artbycas_paint_draw', 'artbycas_sculp');
create_output($table_name);

randomize (1,2); //pick $numbers
$z = 1;
foreach ($numbers as $currNum){
$paint_draw[$z++] = $output[$currNum]; //rename $output[foo]
} //$paint_draw[1] , $paint_draw[2]

randomize (3,4);
$z = 1;
foreach ($numbers as $currNum){
$sculp[$z++] = $output[$currNum];
}

break;

I have some difficulty understanding exactly what you want to do - I believe
you want $paint_draw to have a copy of $output, except that $paint_draw has
its elements in random order (when compared to $output).

True?

Sort of $numbers will be two randomly generated numbers with in a
predifined scope say 19 and 4 . so i want

$paint_draw[1] = $output[19];
$paint_draw[1] = $output[4];

i have over a dozen sections (such as paint_draw and sculp) so i want to
be able to pass $paint_draw or $sculp (as foo) or one of the other dozen,
along with the two numbers in $numbers to create

$foo[1] = $output[19];
$foo[1] = $output[4];
I imagine it would look something like

randomize (3,4); //has created unique $numbers
renameit($sculp); //sends $sculp for the new variable name

and then the function

function renameit($var){
$z = 1;
foreach ($numbers as $currNum){
$var[$z++] = $output[$currNum]; //creates $sculp[1 and 2]
}
}

--
**************************************
The Eldritch Dark:
Dedicated to Clark Ashton Smith
http://www.eldritchdark.com/