<?php
$famousFakePhysicists = 'Gordon Freeman, Samantha Carter, Sheldon Cooper, Quinn Mallory, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark';
$physicistsArray = explode(', ', $famousFakePhysicists);
function humanizedList($physicistsArray, $sort = false)
{
if ($sort) {
sort($physicistsArray);
}
$name = 'and ' . array_pop($physicistsArray);
array_push($physicistsArray, $name);
$famousFakePhysicists = implode(', ', $physicistsArray);
return $famousFakePhysicists;
}
$famousFakePhysicists = humanizedList($physicistsArray);
echo "Some of the most famous fictional theoretical physicists are {$famousFakePhysicists}.";
<?php
// Step 3: Update your code to list the physicists by first name, in alphabetical order.
// Step 4: Create a second argument to make alphabetical sorting optional.
// Step 5: Default alphabetical sorting to false. If no args are passed, no sorting takes place.
// Step 1 & 2: Converts array into list n1, n2, ..., and n3
function humanizedList($array, $sort = false)
{
if ($sort) {
sort($array);
}
$endList = ', and ' . array_pop($array);
// var_dump($endList);
$humanizedList = implode(', ', $array) . $endList;
// var_dump($humanizedList);
return $humanizedList;
}
// List of famous peeps
$physicistsString = 'Gordon Freeman, Samantha Carter, Sheldon Cooper, Quinn Mallory, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark';
// TODO: Convert the string into an array
$physicistsArray = [];
$physicistsArray = explode(', ', $physicistsString);
// var_dump($physicistsArray);
// Humanize that list
$famousFakePhysicists = humanizedList($physicistsArray);
$sortedFakeGuys = humanizedList($physicistsArray, 3);
// Output sentence
echo "Some of the most famous fictional theoretical physicists are {$famousFakePhysicists}." . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
echo "Some of the most famous fictional theoretical physicists are {$sortedFakeGuys}." . PHP_EOL;
<?php
$famousFakePhysicistsArray = ["Gordon Freeman", "Samantha Carter", "Sheldon Cooper", "Quinn Mallory", "Bruce Banner", "Tony Stark"];
function humanizedList($array, $sort = false)
{
if ($sort) {
sort($array);
}
$last = array_pop($array);
$famousFakePhysicists = implode(", ", $array);
echo "Some of the most famous fictional theoretical physicists are {$famousFakePhysicists} and {$last}.";
}
humanizedList($famousFakePhysicistsArray, true);
<?php
// List of famous peeps
$physicistsString = 'Gordon Freeman, Samantha Carter, Sheldon Cooper, Quinn Mallory, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark';
//removes the space and commas turns into an array
$newPhysicistsArray = explode(', ', $physicistsString);
//creates the alphabetized version of statement echoed below...
$newPhysicistsString2 = humanizedList($newPhysicistsArray, true);
//function to alphabetize list and concatenate new string
function humanizedList($array, $sorting = false)
{
if ($sorting) {
//if true, sorts alphabetically
sort($array);
}
$lastNamePop = array_pop($array);
//pops last name off array (Tony Stark)
$physicistsString2 = implode(', ', $array) . ', and ' . $lastNamePop;
// adds back last name popped off the list and concatenates
return $physicistsString2;
}
echo "Some of the most famous fictional theoretical physicists are {$newPhysicistsString2}." . PHP_EOL;
<?php
$physicistsString = 'Gordon Freeman, Samantha Carter, Sheldon Cooper, Quinn Mallory, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark';
$physicistsArray = explode(', ', $physicistsString);
// print_r($famousFakePhysicists);
// $removed = array_pop($physicistsArray);
// array_push($physicistsArray, 'and', $removed);
// $new_text = 'Some of the most famous fictional theoretical physicists are ';
// array_unshift($physicistsArray, $new_text);
// $new_string = implode(', ', $physicistsArray);
// echo"$new_string\n";
// function humanizedList($array) {
// sort($array);
// $removed = array_pop($array);
// $new_text = 'Some of the most famous fictional theoretical physicists are ';
// $new_string = $new_text . implode(', ', $array) . ', and' . ' ' . $removed ;
// return "$new_string\n";
// }
// echo humanizedList($physicistsArray);
function humanizedList($array, $to_sort = false)
{
if ($to_sort) {
sort($array);
}
$removed = array_pop($array);
$new_text = 'Some of the most famous fictional theoretical physicists are ';
$new_string = $new_text . implode(', ', $array) . ', and' . ' ' . $removed;
return "{$new_string}\n";
}
echo humanizedList($physicistsArray, true);
<?php
// Converts array into list n1, n2, ..., and n3
function humanizedList($array, $sort = false)
{
// TODO: Convert the string into an array
if ($sort) {
sort($array);
}
$popped_a = array_pop($array);
// [] means push onto array like array_push($array, $popped_a);
$array[] = 'and ' . $popped_a;
// Humanize that list
$physicistsString = implode(', ', $array);
return $physicistsString;
}
$physicistsString = 'Gordon Freeman, Samantha Carter, Sheldon Cooper, Quinn Mallory, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark';
$physicistsArray = explode(', ', $physicistsString);
$famousFakephysicists = humanizedList($physicistsArray, true);
// Output sentence
echo "Some of the most famous fictional theoretical physicists are {$famousFakephysicists}.\n";