On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Ashley M. Kirchner <ashley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have the following scenario:
>
>
>
> $array1 = array("12", "34", "56", "78", "90");
>
> $array2 = array("12", "23", "56", "78", "89");
>
>
>
> $result = array_diff($array1, $array2);
>
>
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> print_r($result);
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>
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> This returns:
>
>
>
> Array
>
> (
>
> [1] => 34
>
> [4] => 90
>
> )
>
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>
>
>
> However what I really want is a two-way comparison. I want elements that
> don't exist in either to be returned:
>
>
>
> 34 and 90 because they don't exist in $array2, AND 23 and 89 because they
> don't exist in $array1. So, is that a two step process of first doing an
> array_diff($array1, $array2) then reverse it by doing array_diff($array2,
> $array1) and merge/unique the results? Any caveats with that?
>
>
>
> $array1 = array("12", "34", "56", "78", "90");
>
> $array2 = array("12", "23", "56", "78", "89");
>
>
>
> $diff1 = array_diff($array1, $array2);
>
> $diff2 = array_diff($array2, $array1);
>
>
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> $result = array_unique(array_merge($diff1, $diff2));
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>
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> print_r($result);
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>
>
> -- A
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>
ok, adding this to the todo-list for htmlMicroscope... ETA on delivery
of 1.3.0-final: about 2 to 3 months i'm afraid.
Gotta get a new laundromat for my home too and stuff like that :)
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