On 30 April 2010 23:57, Nick Balestra <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > us_census = array('NY' => array('New York' => 8008278), > 'CA' => array('Los Angeles' => 3694820, > 'San Diego' => 1223400), > 'IL' => array('Chicago' => 2896016), > 'TX' => array('Houston' => 1953631, > 'Dallas' => 1188580, > 'San Antonio' => 1144646), > 'PA' => array('Philadelphia' => 1517550), > 'AZ' => array('Phoenix' => 1321045), > 'MI' => array('Detroit' => 951270)); <?php $us_census = array ( ... ); function Sum($a, $b) { return $a + (is_array($b) ? array_reduce($b, 'Sum') : $b); } echo array_reduce($us_census, 'Sum'); ?> outputs ... 23899236 -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling