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On 10 November 2004 13:37, Horst J�ger wrote:
(Please keep this on list -- others may be able to help better/faster than
me!)
> > > mySplit('example') == array('e', 'x', 'a', 'm', 'p' 'l' 'e') ?
> >
> > Do you absolutely need it as an array? If indexing by character
> > would suffice, just use PHP's {} syntax:
> >
> > $s = 'example';
> > echo $s{0}; // e
> > echo $s{1}; // x
> > // etc.
>
> I am thinking about complexity.
> How is a string implemented in PHP? A deque<char> or a char* ?
Pass -- this looks like a question for PHP's developers, not the denizens of
php-general who are mostly just humble users. But I would expect a char*.
> How does $s{n} acces the n-th char?
>
> 1. Does it go to the beginning of the string and then jump
> from one char to
> the next, counting the instances and return when the n-th ionstance
> is reached?
>
> 2. Or does it jump to the n-th char directly?
Given the nature of PHP, I'd be astonished if it did 1. But again, this
looks more like a question for the PHP developers, not php-general.
Cheers!
Mike
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