PHP Exercises: Shift an element in left direction and return a new array

Last update on May 30 2022 11:40:50 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

PHP Basic Algorithm: Exercise-124 with Solution

Write a PHP program to shift an element in left direction and return a new array.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code :

<?php
function test($numbers)
    { 
      $size = sizeof($numbers);
      $shiftNums = [$size];

      for ($i = 0; $i < $size; $i++)
           {
               $shiftNums[$i] = $numbers[($i + 1) % $size];
           }
      return $shiftNums;
      }   

$result = test([10, 20, -30, -40, 50] );
echo "New array: " . implode(',', $result);

Sample Output:

New array: 20,-30,-40,50,10

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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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