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ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 PointsWhat am i missing?
So, my code isn't working. Maybe i didn't understand question. Is my code correct?
function mimic_array_sum($array){
$count = 0; <br>
foreach($palindromic_primes as $palindromic_prime){
$count = $count + 1;
}
return $count;
}
$palindromic_primes = array(11, 757, 16361);
minic_array_sum($palindromic_primes);
5 Answers
Scott Evans
4,236 PointsHi there Ammar.
I think you just slightly misread the question. It was asking you to 'count up' as in sum all of the numbers in the array. Please find my below example of how it should be done.
<?php
function mimic_array_sum($array)
{
$sum = 0;
foreach($array as $num){
$sum += $num;
}
return $sum;
}
$palindromic_primes = array(11, 757, 16361);
echo $sum = mimic_array_sum($palindromic_primes);
?>
Hope this helps! Dont hesitate to ask any more questions!
ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 PointsHi Scott, This challenge seems tough for me here is what i get, following your example http://awesomescreenshot.com/0962k61c65
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsYour code does not represent the code that Scott posted. You have a few errors in your code. You have a typo in your foreach line and you also shouldn't put the working variable $elements on the left hand side of an assignment statement. You would only use it on the right hand side as part of an expression.
Scott is using $sum += $num; This is shorthand for $sum = $sum + $num in case that was causing you some confusion.
In your screenshot you're trying to add 1 to each element. All they want you to do is add up all the numbers in the array.
$sum is keeping a running total of the sum. Each time through the loop you add on the current element in the array to your current sum.
ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 PointsMaybe my logic for foreach is bad or passing in variables, now i made this which has no output. Now what am i doing wrong? ```php function mimic_array_sum($array){
$count = 0; foreach ($elemets as $element){ $count = $count + $element } return $count;
}
$palindromic_primes = array(11, 757, 16361); echo $count = mimic_array_sum($palindromic_primes);```
Scott Evans
4,236 Pointsfunction mimic_array_sum($array){
$count = 0;
foreach ($array as $element){
$count = $count + $element
}
return $count;
}
$palindromic_primes = array(11, 757, 16361); echo $count = mimic_array_sum($palindromic_primes);`
ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 PointsWhat was i doing wrong? I didn't understand
Scott Evans
4,236 Pointsin your foreach loop you were calling an array called $elemets which doesn't exist. You need to loop through the array which was passed to the function, which in this case is $array.