Hi, I tried to use the final array values in a insert statement, but the values are not inserted. the code is foreach ($final as $subnum){ $res = $db->query("INSERT INTO substrate_protocoll(substrate_type,substrate_num,operator,location,solvent,ultrasonic,duration,cdate,ctime,comment) VALUES('$substrate_type1',$subnum,'$operator','$location','$solvent',$uv,$duration,'$cdate','$sctime','$comment')"); if(!$res){ echo "insert failed"; } } the values of array ($subnum)are not inserted , can you tell me where the problem is. Jordan Miller <jmil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I think I finally understand what you are trying to do. I don't see any reason why you need to use the token functions, and I would recommend using array functions instead (also, it is exceedingly easy to sort the elements of an array... see the end). I believe this will do what you are trying to do: //Tokenizer for Babu $str = '10,12,14-18'; $commas = explode(',', $str); // $commas will be an array of three items in this case // Final Values will go into the $final array $final = array(); foreach ($commas as $value) { // If one of the $commas elements contains a dash, we need to get the range between them! if (strstr($value, '-')) { // Explode based on the dash. This code assumes there will only be a single dash $rangeValues = explode('-', $value); foreach (range($rangeValues[0], $rangeValues[1]) as $number) { $final[] = $number; } } else { // If $value does not contain a dash, add it directly to the $final array $final[] = $value; } } echo "All your values in the range $str are ".implode(' ', $final); // Prints "All your values in the range 10,12,14-18 are 10 12 14 15 16 17 18" In your last email, you had some of the values given out of order: 1. 20,21-24 2. 21-24,20 3. 10,20,21-24,25,26,30 To make sure the $final values are always ascending, just do this at the end: sort($final); Done!! Jordan On Sep 13, 2005, at 7:16 PM, babu wrote: > $str=10,12,14-18; > > $tok = strtok($str, ','); > while ($tok !== false) { > $toks[] = $tok; > $tok = strtok(','); > } > > foreach ($toks as $token){ > if (strpos($token,'-')){ > stringtokenize($token); > }else{ > $finaltokens[]= $token; > } > } > > function stringtokenize($nstr){ > $ntok1= strtok($nstr,'-'); > $ntok2=strtok('-'); > for($i=$ntok1;$i<=$ntok2;$i++){ > $finaltokens[]= $i; > } > } > > foreach ($finaltokens as $ftoken){ > echo $ftoken; > echo " "; > } > > the ouput prints only 10,12 but not 14,15,16,17,18. where is the > problem. > > > > --------------------------------- > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all > new Yahoo! Security Centre. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php --------------------------------- How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos