Re: Checking for odd/even

2001-06-22 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Thanks, this should work. Trying to implement: > > foreach (@data) > { > if ($cnt % 2) {$bgeven = " BGCOLOR\=\"\#FF\""}; > print(""cut irrelevant part.); > $cnt++; > } > > H'm.. > > This yields a table with the first row ($cnt=0) using st

Re: Checking for odd/even

2001-06-22 Thread Nigel Wetters
semicolon after close brace is probably the problem. Try: $cnt = 0; foreach (@data) { $background = ($cnt % 2) ? 'bgcolor="#cc"' : 'bgcolor="#ff"'; print(''.$_.''); $cnt++; } >>> Martijn van Exel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/22/01 01:15pm >>> >On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Martijn van Exel

Re: Checking for odd/even

2001-06-22 Thread Martijn van Exel
>On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Martijn van Exel wrote: > >> Why the $! does >> >> (int($cnt/2) == ($cnt/2)) >> >> not return TRUE for an even $cnt and FALSE for an odd $cnt ? > >Use the modulus operator %. It returns a remainder of a division -- in >the case of modulus 2, it will return either 0 or 1.

Re: Checking for odd/even

2001-06-22 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Why the $! does > > (int($cnt/2) == ($cnt/2)) > > not return TRUE for an even $cnt and FALSE for an odd $cnt ? Use the modulus operator %. It returns a remainder of a division -- in the case of modulus 2, it will return either 0 or 1. -- Brett

Re: Checking for odd/even

2001-06-22 Thread Nigel Wetters
Works for me! Have you tried using: $odd_even = ($cnt % 2) ? 'ODD' : 'EVEN'; >>> Martijn van Exel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/22/01 11:56am >>> Dear subscribers. Why the $! does (int($cnt/2) == ($cnt/2)) not return TRUE for an even $cnt and FALSE for an odd $cnt ? What _is_ the way to test for od

Re: Checking for odd/even

2001-06-22 Thread paladin
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Martijn van Exel wrote: > What _is_ the way to test for odd/even then!? A common way is: $number % 2 which will be 1 for odd numbers and 0 for even numbers. -- Mother is the name for GOD on the lips and hearts of all children. - Eric Draven

Checking for odd/even

2001-06-22 Thread Martijn van Exel
Dear subscribers. Why the $! does (int($cnt/2) == ($cnt/2)) not return TRUE for an even $cnt and FALSE for an odd $cnt ? What _is_ the way to test for odd/even then!? Background: I am trying to do alternating BGCOLOR in s in order to improve legibility of a long table. Please CC, I am on di