Im thingking of putting the fixed value into an array and compare thru < and > and get the fixed rate. On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:38:17 +1100, Devraj Mukherjee <lugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, I dont know if there is a function that can do this in PHP, but > you could always split the number using the dot, and then compare the > number that follows to make the decision. > > (I am sure you knew that) > > Devarj > > > > > Louie Miranda wrote: > > OK, here is what it should do. > > > > I have a fixed range of weights from .5 to 20.0 Kg (kilogram) and for > > each weight it has a succeeding value, i cannot jump or just round off > > the numbers. So i need a range detector to do it. > > > > Because for each of the item below: > > > > > >>weight value > >>.5 9.45 > >>1.0 10.71 > >>1.5 11.97 > >>2.0 13.23 > > > > > > I must get the exact value, so let say for example. I have 1.3 it > > should fall under 1.5 the idea i had was to do this, so i can detect > > where the number should fall.. > > > > range: > > .0000 => .5 > > 1.001 => 1 > > 1.501 => 2 > > 2.001 => 2.5 > > 2.501 => 3 > > 3.001 => 3.5 > > > > and so on.. > > > > But i dont know how to do this on PHP > > > > Louie > > > > On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 20:23:53 -0700, Vail, Warren <warren.vail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>Not sure I completely understand what you are trying to do. In your > >>problem, seems to me that both 1.3 and 1.6 would fall under 2.0 and neither > >>of them would fall under 1.0. You must be using some logic that I am not > >>getting. Can you be a little more specific? > >> > >>Warren Vail > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Louie Miranda [mailto:lmiranda@xxxxxxxxx] > >>Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 7:09 PM > >>To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>Subject: getting a number range from user input.. (weight) > >> > >>How can i match a range of numbers from a given input? > >>i tried round() but it rounds off the numbers to the next number, so that > >>will be wrong. > >> > >>My example below show 4 examples of what my db tables looks like. > >> > >>weight value > >>.5 9.45 > >>1.0 10.71 > >>1.5 11.97 > >>2.0 13.23 > >> > >>How can i get the range of: > >> > >>.1 to fall under .5 and > >>1.3 to fall under 1.0 and > >>1.6 to fall under 2.0 > >> > >>and so on.. any ideas? > >> > >>-- > >>Louie Miranda > >>http://www.axishift.com > >> > >>-- > >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > > > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Devraj Mukherjee, Eternity Technologies Pty. Ltd. Australia > Host: Debian (Sarge) 3.1 Kernel 2.4.27-1-686 / GCC version 3.3.5 > Target: LPD7A400 (ARM9) LogicPD eval. board / ARM GCC 3.3 GlibC 2.3.2 > LAMP environment specs. Apache: 2.0.52 PHP: 5 MySQL: 4.0.21 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Louie Miranda http://www.axishift.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
