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Splitting a string into arrays within an array but only one delimiter ? spreadbetting 06-10-2008
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Posted by spreadbetting on June 10, 2008, 5:14 am
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 I'm trying to split a string into an separate arrays but the data is
only delimited by a comma. The actual data is one long string but the
info is in a regular format and repeats after every five ~'s .


i.e the data may be returned as


1.01~11844.69~0.0~0.0~2.0~1.02~117.3~0.0~0.0~0.0~1.03~66.82~0.0~0.0~0.0~1.0=
=AD
4~300.0~0.0~0.0~0.0~


I guess I just have to loop through every five ~'s but unsure of the
best way using php , with C# I guess I could use length but haven't
too much of a clue using php. At the moment I'm even considering a
dirty fix using preg_replace to change the delimiter every 5 ~'s but
there must be a more correct way


Thanks

Posted by GuangXiN on June 10, 2008, 5:37 am
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 spreadbetting@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm trying to split a string into an separate arrays but the data is
> only delimited by a comma. The actual data is one long string but the
> info is in a regular format and repeats after every five ~'s .
>
>
> i.e the data may be returned as
>
>
> 1.01~11844.69~0.0~0.0~2.0~1.02~117.3~0.0~0.0~0.0~1.03~66.82~0.0~0.0~0.0~1.0­
> 4~300.0~0.0~0.0~0.0~
>
>
> I guess I just have to loop through every five ~'s but unsure of the
> best way using php , with C# I guess I could use length but haven't
> too much of a clue using php. At the moment I'm even considering a
> dirty fix using preg_replace to change the delimiter every 5 ~'s but
> there must be a more correct way
>
>
> Thanks

Can you show the source string, and the split results?
I don't understand what you meaning

Posted by Captain Paralytic on June 10, 2008, 5:58 am
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On 10 Jun, 10:14, spreadbett...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm trying to split a string into an separate arrays but the data is
> only delimited by a comma. The actual data is one long string but the
> info is in a regular format and repeats after every five ~'s .
>
> i.e the data may be returned as
>
> 1.01~11844.69~0.0~0.0~2.0~1.02~117.3~0.0~0.0~0.0~1.03~66.82~0.0~0.0~0.0~1.=
0=AD=AD
> 4~300.0~0.0~0.0~0.0~
You say: "the data is only delimited by a comma."
But the data you show us has no commas??

Please can you clarify this?

Posted by Jerry Stuckle on June 10, 2008, 6:13 am
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spreadbetting@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm trying to split a string into an separate arrays but the data is
> only delimited by a comma. The actual data is one long string but the
> info is in a regular format and repeats after every five ~'s .
>
>
> i.e the data may be returned as
>
>
> 1.01~11844.69~0.0~0.0~2.0~1.02~117.3~0.0~0.0~0.0~1.03~66.82~0.0~0.0~0.0~1.0­
> 4~300.0~0.0~0.0~0.0~
>
>
> I guess I just have to loop through every five ~'s but unsure of the
> best way using php , with C# I guess I could use length but haven't
> too much of a clue using php. At the moment I'm even considering a
> dirty fix using preg_replace to change the delimiter every 5 ~'s but
> there must be a more correct way
>
>
> Thanks
>

Or explode() the string on '~' and take every 5 items and place them in
their own array.

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Posted by sheldonlg on June 10, 2008, 6:27 am
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spreadbetting@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm trying to split a string into an separate arrays but the data is
> only delimited by a comma. The actual data is one long string but the
> info is in a regular format and repeats after every five ~'s .
>
>
> i.e the data may be returned as
>
>
> 1.01~11844.69~0.0~0.0~2.0~1.02~117.3~0.0~0.0~0.0~1.03~66.82~0.0~0.0~0.0~1.0­
> 4~300.0~0.0~0.0~0.0~
>
>
> I guess I just have to loop through every five ~'s but unsure of the
> best way using php , with C# I guess I could use length but haven't
> too much of a clue using php. At the moment I'm even considering a
> dirty fix using preg_replace to change the delimiter every 5 ~'s but
> there must be a more correct way
>
>
> Thanks

If I understand you correctly, then:

$outer = explode('~',$theString);
for ($i=0; $i<count($first); $i++) {
$final[$i] = explode(',', $outer[$i]);
}

This gives a 2-D array for final.

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