translation from VB (int and val)

[Sonnich]

I am taking this from VB, but what are int and val in PHP?

$i = Int(Val(substr( $code, 3, 3)) / 100) * 100;

In case you dont know VB
Int - truncates the numner (i looked for trunc already)
Val - string to number

Sonnich

PS: jep I have realised I can to the thing above simpler.

[Sonnich]

Re: translation from VB (int and val)

And while I am at it:

Format - when I want 35 to be shown as 0035 ?

Is there a way to look for files. eg c:\here\*.pdf (as Dir in VB)?


Sonnich wrote:[color=blue]
> I am taking this from VB, but what are int and val in PHP?
>
> $i = Int(Val(substr( $code, 3, 3)) / 100) * 100;
>
> In case you dont know VB
> Int - truncates the numner (i looked for trunc already)
> Val - string to number
>
> Sonnich
>
> PS: jep I have realised I can to the thing above simpler.[/color]

[AlexVN]

Re: translation from VB (int and val)

Hi,

Int(a) = (int)$a
Val(a) - you do not need it because PHP converts numbers to strings
automatically.
Format - consider http://php.net/printf or http://php.net/sprintf

Sincerely,
Alexander

http://www.alexatnet.com/

Sonnich wrote:[color=blue]
> And while I am at it:
>
> Format - when I want 35 to be shown as 0035 ?
>
> Is there a way to look for files. eg c:\here\*.pdf (as Dir in VB)?
>
>
> Sonnich wrote:[color=green]
> > I am taking this from VB, but what are int and val in PHP?
> >
> > $i = Int(Val(substr( $code, 3, 3)) / 100) * 100;
> >
> > In case you dont know VB
> > Int - truncates the numner (i looked for trunc already)
> > Val - string to number
> >
> > Sonnich
> >
> > PS: jep I have realised I can to the thing above simpler.[/color][/color]

[Colin McKinnon]

Re: translation from VB (int and val)

Sonnich - go get a copy of the PHP manual and read it - its free and even
avilable in .chm format. You can download it from

http://www.php.net/docs.php

Sonnich wrote:
[color=blue]
> And while I am at it:
>
> Format - when I want 35 to be shown as 0035 ?
>[/color]

printf()
[color=blue]
> Is there a way to look for files. eg c:\here\*.pdf (as Dir in VB)?
>[/color]
Yes but the builtin does not implicitly support recursion or wildcards - you
need to implement them for yourself. Alternatively you can run external
programs and read the results back into PHP.
[color=blue]
>
> Sonnich wrote:[color=green]
>> I am taking this from VB, but what are int and val in PHP?[/color][/color]

Largely redundant since it is dynamically typed. But it does provide ceil(),
floor() and round() along with type casting.
[color=blue][color=green]
>>
>> $i = Int(Val(substr( $code, 3, 3)) / 100) * 100;
>>[/color][/color]

Assuming that you may have decimals within the 3 chars:

$i = (integer)substr ($code, 3, 3);

C.

[AlexVN]

Re: translation from VB (int and val)

BTW, http://www.wiki.cc/php/RecursiveDirectoryIterator may be exact
match when you need to iterate through files in folders.

Sincerely,
Alexander

http://www.alexatnet.com/

Colin McKinnon wrote:[color=blue]
> Sonnich - go get a copy of the PHP manual and read it - its free and even
> avilable in .chm format. You can download it from
> http://www.php.net/docs.php
>
> Sonnich wrote:
>[color=green]
> > And while I am at it:
> >
> > Format - when I want 35 to be shown as 0035 ?
> >[/color]
>
> printf()
>[color=green]
> > Is there a way to look for files. eg c:\here\*.pdf (as Dir in VB)?
> >[/color]
> Yes but the builtin does not implicitly support recursion or wildcards - you
> need to implement them for yourself. Alternatively you can run external
> programs and read the results back into PHP.
>[color=green]
> >
> > Sonnich wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> I am taking this from VB, but what are int and val in PHP?[/color][/color]
>
> Largely redundant since it is dynamically typed. But it does provide ceil(),
> floor() and round() along with type casting.
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>
> >> $i = Int(Val(substr( $code, 3, 3)) / 100) * 100;
> >>[/color][/color]
>
> Assuming that you may have decimals within the 3 chars:
>
> $i = (integer)substr ($code, 3, 3);
>
> C.[/color]

[Sonnich]

Re: translation from VB (int and val)


Colin McKinnon wrote:[color=blue]
> Sonnich - go get a copy of the PHP manual and read it - its free and even
> avilable in .chm format. You can download it from
> http://www.php.net/docs.php[/color]

got it.
[color=blue][color=green]
> > Format - when I want 35 to be shown as 0035 ?[/color]
> printf()[/color]

but when I need it in a string?
$a = $blaaaa . "0035";