Two dimensional array problem

[Malcolm]

I want to put the contents of a csv file into a 2 dimensional array so that
I can access any element in a $table[x][y] manner and have come up with the
following code:

$complete = file("source.cs v");
$row=0;
foreach ($complete as $value) {
$data = explode(",", $value);
$table[$row] = $data;
$row++;
}
echo "$table[6][4]";

However the echo statement returns "Array[4]" instead of the 4th element in
the 6th row.

Any suggestions on what I ought to be doing please to make $table a proper 2
dimensional array?

[Christopher-Robin]

Re: Two dimensional array problem

try

echo $table[6][4];

without double-quotes.


if you need to echo more strings with the $table just "add" it with ".",
like:

echo "Element ($x,$y): " . $table[$x][$y] . "\n";

[Christopher-Robin]

Re: Two dimensional array problem

btw, $table is a proper 2-dim array, but the code could be enhanced

// first example
$table = array();
$file = fopen("source.c sv","r");
while(!feof($fi le))
array_push($tab le,fgetcsv($fil e,4096));

// second example
$table = array();
$file = file("source.cs v");
foreach($file as $id => $item)
$table[$id] = explode(",",$it em);

both would result in an array $table, where
-> the 1st dimension defines the line-number, starting with 0
-> the 2nd dimension defines the position of the value in that line,
starting with 0

[Malcolm]

Re: Two dimensional array problem

Aha, that's it thanks.


"Christophe r-Robin" <Christopher-Robin@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> try
>
> echo $table[6][4];
>
> without double-quotes.
>
>
> if you need to echo more strings with the $table just "add" it with ".",
> like:
>
> echo "Element ($x,$y): " . $table[$x][$y] . "\n";
>
>[/color]