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Program #2 <br> Processing Arrays with WHILE and FOR Loops
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// INITIALIZE THE ARRAY, $testing
$testing = array(
"Program 1.2 ", "Purpose: ", "use ",
"WHILE ", "looping ", "to produce this sentence.", " "
);
// PRINT THE PHP-FUNCTION DETERMINED NUMBER OF ELEMENTS
print "The number of elements = ";
print count($testing). " in this array.". "<br>"; //ALSO A DEBUG CODE
// SET THE MAXIMUM TIMES TO REPEAT: $times
// INITIALIZE THE ARRAY INDEX at 0 (element #1)
// REPEAT INSTRUCTIONS UNTIL INDEX < MAXIMUM REPEAT VALUE
// INCREMENT INDEX BY ONE
$times = count($testing);
$x = 0;
while ($x < $times) {
print $testing[$x];
++$x;
}
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//FOR LOOP - CONCISE VERSION OF WHILE LOOP
// SYNTAX for(initialize counter; test expression; increment value)
// followed by executable instructions within brackets {}
// INITIALIZE THE ARRAY INDEX
$character[0]= "Program 1.2's second purpose: ";
$character[1]= "use FOR looping to produce these sentences. ";
$character[2]= "By using a concise syntax, ";
$character[3]= "FOR looping produces cleaner code, ";
$character[4]= "minimizes common errors, and produces ";
$character[5]= "equivalent results as the WHILE syntax loops .";
// SET THE MAXIMUM TIMES TO REPEAT: $times
$times = count($character);
// DEBUG CODE print $times." elements in this array.";
print "<br>";
// LOOPING
FOR ($x=0; $x < $times; ++$x) {
print $character[$x];
// USE "IF STATEMENT" TO FORCE A LINE BREAK
IF ($x == 1){
print "<br>"; //new line
}
}
print "<br>". "This example includes a nested IF statement.";
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