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Vince Brown
16,249 Pointsmimic_array_sum() part 2 STUCK!!
<?php
function mimic_array_sum($array){
$sum = 0;
foreach($numbers as $number) {
$sum = $sum + $number;
}
return $sum;
}
$palindromic_primes = array(11, 757, 16361);
?>
I keep getting BUMMER! it doesnt look like mimic_array_sum is returning a value make sure you are using the return command
I am guessing it is something right under my nose but help would be appreciated.
3 Answers
Chase Lee
29,275 PointsVince Brown. This code should work. Sorry that I can't explain how it works I'm on a time crunch and got to get somewhere. Hopefully someone else can.
<?php
function mimic_array_sum($array) {
foreach($array as $element) {
$sum = array_sum($array);
} return $sum;
}
$palindromic_primes = array(11, 757, 16361);
?>
Vince Brown
16,249 Pointsthank you Chase from what i can see the only difference between our code was I had $sum = 0 before i started the foreach loop, not 100% clear on why that would make a difference but thank you for the help !
Shawn Gregory
Courses Plus Student 40,672 PointsVince,
Take a look at your foreach statement. You are asking the foreach loop to loop through a variable called $numbers. However, you do not have the variable $numbers in your function. You should have used the name of the parameter $array. How you have it, the foreach loop loops through nothing and therefor is adding nothing and returning nothing To add, having the line $sum = 0 is fine as it is declaring and defining the variable that you are returning. You don't need to do that if you don't want to but it's okay if you do; it doesn't hurt the code.
Cheers!
Vince Brown
16,249 PointsAH! lol I knew it was going to be something simple and under my nose. Thank you for pointing that out for me!