[thelist] preg_split in PHP

[alpha at student.uci.agh.edu.pl]

On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 08:33:35PM -0500, noah wrote:
> string is just a number (e.g., 2457) and I want to split it into individual 
> digits.
> $acts = preg_split('//', '2457');

Why do you use split for such task? String is an array, so you can
easily access each digit by its index in the string:

$a='2457';
echo $a[0];    # gives 2
echo $a[2];    # gives 5

Hope that helps...
Adam

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