i was trying to do it with preg_replace, but this is much better thanks a lot, Hatem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@php.net> To: "Hatem Ben" <reflex_news@yahoo.fr> Cc: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 3:09 AM Subject: Re: Some data manipulation > So loop through and check the last char. Am I missing something that > makes this harder than the obvious: > > foreach($arr as $key=>$val) { > $end = $val[strlen($val)-1]; > switch($end) { > case '1': $arr[$key] = substr($val,0,-1); break; > case '2': > case '3': $arr[$key] = substr($val,0,-1) . ((int)$end + 4); break; > } > } > > Not sure if you always want to add 4 to the last char when it ends in 2 or > 3, but that was the only info you gave. > > -Rasmus > > On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Hatem Ben wrote: > > > hey all > > > > i have a database of arrays like this : > > Array > > ( > > [0] => 2- > > [1] => 8b2 > > [2] => 8#c3 > > [3] => 8b2 > > [4] => 8#f2 > > [5] => 4a2 > > [6] => 8a1 > > [7] => 8a2 > > [8] => 4a2 > > [9] => 4a2 > > [10] => 4a2 > > .... > > ) > > > > i just need to change in every string the last value when it is equal to 1,2 > > or 3 > > ex :: > > [0] => 2- won't be changed [0] => 2- > > [1] => 8b2 will be changed to [1] => 8b6 > > [2] => 8#c3 will be changed to [2] => 8#c7 > > [6] => 8a1 will be changed to [6] => 8a > > > > and so on > > > > Thanks for any help > > Hatem > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php