place into array and sort 1

[krappleby]

hi all,

wonder if you can help me..

i have 9 variables, labelled

ball1, ball2, ball3, ball4, ball5, ball6, ball7, ball8, ball9

now. im looking to sort them in order of the value of each variable.. im thinking the best way to do this would be to put them all into an array and have the array sort them.. is this possible. and if so how do you do it..

or is there an easier way to do this.

ps.. each variable will contain a number between 1 and 100

 

[feherke]

Hi

ball1, ball2, ball3, ball4, ball5, ball6, ball7, ball8, ball9

If it has a sequential meaning, I use an array even for a single value. As far as I remember, I never declared nine variables like those. I suggest to use an array.


Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[krappleby]

hi feherke

thanks for the comment, yes that is what i thought would be the best option, but question is.. how do i sort them to ascending order?

is there a command within the array function that will do this..

cheers

keith

 

[feherke]

Hi

[tt]asort()[/tt]

Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[krappleby]

hi this is and is not working..

at the moment i have all the values in an array called $balllist

i ahve used asort, and printed for each value in the array..

This works..

but when i come to echo $balllist[0] its not the lowest ball..

so its not sorting as i requre.. i need to get it to sort all the balls, into order, so that i can run through the [0][1][2] and it iwll be in order..

cheers

any ideas.. thanks for the help

 

[feherke]

Hi

but when i come to echo $balllist[0] its not the lowest ball..

I understood that you want to maintain the association. If not, just use [tt]sort()[/tt].

Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[jpadie]

$array = array('ball1', 'ball2', 'ball3', 'ball4', 'ball5', 'ball6', 'ball7', 'ball8', 'ball9');
$balls = compact($array); //assemble into array
$sortedBalls = sort($balls, SORT_NUMERIC);
print_r($sortedBalls);

as feherke says, it would be better to use an array from scratch than create one out of disparate variables.