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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Loops For Looping

Cory Jaccino
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Cory Jaccino
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Posted by Cory Jaccino
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Cory Jaccino
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Are we cheching ANY value of $facts?

Task 2 of 2 asks us to, "[...] test if the incremented value equals one of the keys in the $facts array." Does this mean ANY value within the $facts array? If so, then I believe we should loop through the $facts array as well.

After checking to make sure that $facts is set, I'm unsure if I'm solving this in the way that the task wants. I think this question should be clarified a little further. I've tried to comment each logical step. What are your thoughts?

index.php 
<?php
$facts = array(
    57 => ' on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.',
    2 => ' is the approximate hours a day Giraffes sleeps',
    18 => ' is the average hours a Python sleeps per day',
    10 => ' per cent of the world is left-handed.',
    11 => ' Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, would be required to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.',
    98 => '% of the atoms in your body are replaced every year',
    69 => ' is the largest number of recorded children born to one woman',
);
//add your loop below this line
// Create a for loop that displays each number from 1 to 100
for ($i = 1; $i <= 100; $i++) {
  echo $i;
// Use isset function to check to make sure that $facts is set
    if(isset($facts)) {
// Loop through each value of $facts
      for ($j = 1; $j <= count($facts); $j++) {
// Test if the incremented value $i equals any one of the keys in the $facts array
        if ($i = $facts[$j]) {
          echo $j;
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,184 Points

Your concept is valid, it would pass the challenge after fixing two issues:

  • there's a stray extra closing brace that should be removed
  • the equality test operator is "==" ("=" is the assignment operator)

But you don't need a separate loop to check for the key. The "isset" function will tell you if there is a value set for the key by itself:

<?php
// ...
for ($i = 1; $i <= 100; $i++) {
  echo $i;
  // Test if the incremented value $i equals any one of the keys in the $facts array
  if (isset($facts[$i])) {
    echo $facts[$i];
  }
}
Cory Jaccino
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Cory Jaccino
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Cory Jaccino
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Cory Jaccino
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Doh! Thank you, Steven!

I was so focused on the loop that I started glossing over the syntax! 😱(Note to self!) 😅

Thanks again for your quick response. :-)

Cory

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,184 Points

Glad to help. Remember to mark the question solved, and happy coding!