> -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph Deffke [mailto:ralph_deffke@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: 11 August 2009 01:45 > > ummmm... > try > echo "<pre>"; > for( $i=0 ; $i<10; $i++){ > echo "something " . (($a = $a^1) ? "red\n" : "green\n"); > } The ^ operator is one that has an assigning version, so the above can be slightly shortened to: echo "something " . (($a ^= 1) ? "red\n" : "green\n"); Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University, C507, Civic Quarter Campus, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS, LS1 3HE, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php