> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Migurski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 1:37 PM
> To: Allowee
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] removing all duplicate values from an array
> 
> >>I'm looking for a function that does almost the same as
array_unique()
> >>
> >>But it must also delete the other duplicate entry.
> ><snip>
> >
> >Untested pseudo-PHP follows -
> >
> >     $encountered_elements = array();
> >     foreach($original_array as $key => $val)
> >             if(in_array($val, $encountered_elements)) {
> >                     unset($original_array[$key]);
> >             } else {
> >                     $encountered_elements[$key] = $val;
> >             }
> 
> Oops, that should have been:
> 
>        $encountered_elements = array();
>        foreach($original_array as $key => $val)
>                if(in_array($val, $encountered_elements)) {
>                   unset($original_array[$encountered_elements[$val]]);
>                } else {
>                        $encountered_elements[$val] = $key;
>                }
> 
> 

I was running Allowee's example array..

array(
'a' => 'one',
'b' => 'one',
'c' => 'zero',
'd' => 'two'
);

through this and am having a hind time with then logic...  Could you
explain how the output would be array('c' => 'zero', 'd' => 'two')??

Thanks

--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Reply via email to