-----Original Message----- From: Eric Wood [mailto:eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 7:53 AM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Need function to process tab delimited file using associative array Does anyone have a function stored away that can selectively let me trim out only the columns *by name* I need from a delimited text file? For Example: FName<tab>LName<tab>Phone John<tab>Smith<tab>3433335335 James<tab>Smith<tab>2345223533 Judy<tab>Smith<tab>5474574544 The first line wouldmake the associative array list names from the title row, and rows 2 onward are the data. So that I can: read row 1 into array print 'FName','LName' for each row print_r('FName')."\t".print_r('Phone').'\n'; next row This would allow me to ignore all the other colums I don't need and just save the ones I do need. Thanks, -Eric Wood >>> Following two functions can be usefull in making such algo File() Explode(); Read about them Zareef Ahmed >>> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Zareef Ahmed :: A PHP develoepr in Delhi ( India ) Homepage :: http://www.zasaifi.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.782 / Virus Database: 528 - Release Date: 10/22/2004 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
