I have the following array:
Array
(
[0] => 10-7
[1] => 11-3
[2] => 11-7
[3] => 12-3
[4] => 12-7
[5] => 13-3
[6] => 13-7
[7] => 14-3
[8] => 14-7
[9] => 15-7
)
that I need to split into two arrays using "-"
as delimiter:
Array
(
[0] => 10
[1] => 11
[2] => 11
[3] => 12
[4] => 12
[5] => 13
[6] => 13
[7] => 14
[8] => 14
[9] => 15
)
and
Array
(
[0] => 7
[1] => 3
[2] => 7
[3] => 3
[4] => 7
[5] => 3
[6] => 7
[7] => 3
[8] => 7
[9] => 7
)
Is there anything like array_explode
that does what I want? or a combination of php array
functions? I'd like to do this without going through my own for
/each
loop, if possible, or at least minimize having to reinvent the wheel when something (pseudo)in-built is already out there. I already did this with a for loop. But I can't shake the feeling that there's a more elegant way that smartly uses array functions or anything of that kind. Thanks so much, guys.
Additional info:
Not sure if it matters, but I'm actually after the unique values in the resulting two arrays:
Array
(
[0] => 10
[1] => 11
[2] => 12
[3] => 13
[4] => 14
[5] => 15
)
and
Array
(
[0] => 7
[1] => 3
)
The unique values don't need to be sorted, the keys may be preserved or not, and the legal values of the first array range from 0
to 23
, while those of the second 1
to 7
. However it's possible to have values other than these (0
to 23
and 1
to 7
or even undelimited stray strings or other data types beyond my control), which I would definitely want to throw out.
The magic bullet you're looking for is array_reduce()
, e.g. (PHP 5.3+):
list( $left, $right ) = array_reduce( $input,
function( $memo, $item ) {
list( $l, $r ) = explode( '-', $item );
$memo[0][$l] = $memo[1][$r] = true;
return $memo;
},
array( array(), array() )
);
var_dump( array_keys( $left ), array_keys( $right ) );
You can see it in action here.
With PHP <5.3 you'll have to declare the function ahead of time:
function my_reducer( $memo, $item ) {
list( $l, $r ) = // ...
// ... as above ...
}
list( $left, $right ) = array_reduce(
$input, 'my_reducer',
array( array(), array() )
);