PHP Exercises: Check if the number of 3's is greater than the number of 5's

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PHP Basic Algorithm: Exercise-113 with Solution

Write a PHP program to check if the number of 3's is greater than the number of 5's.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code :

<?php
function test($nums)
 { 

    $no_3 = 0;
    $no_5 = 0;

    for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($nums); $i++)
            {
                if ($nums[$i] == 3) $no_3++;
                if ($nums[$i] == 5) $no_5++;
            }

            return $no_3 > $no_5;
 }   

var_dump(test([1, 5, 6, 9, 3, 3]));
var_dump(test([1, 5, 5, 5, 10, 17]));
var_dump(test([1, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5]));

Sample Output:

bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(false)

Flowchart:

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PHP: Tips of the Day

How to Sort Multi-dimensional Array by Value?

Try a usort, If you are still on PHP 5.2 or earlier, you'll have to define a sorting function first:

Example:

function sortByOrder($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
}

usort($myArray, 'sortByOrder');

Starting in PHP 5.3, you can use an anonymous function:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
});

And finally with PHP 7 you can use the spaceship operator:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
});

To extend this to multi-dimensional sorting, reference the second/third sorting elements if the first is zero - best explained below. You can also use this for sorting on sub-elements.

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    $retval = $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
    if ($retval == 0) {
        $retval = $a['suborder'] <=> $b['suborder'];
        if ($retval == 0) {
            $retval = $a['details']['subsuborder'] <=> $b['details']['subsuborder'];
        }
    }
    return $retval;
});

If you need to retain key associations, use uasort() - see comparison of array sorting functions in the manual

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