02-22-2010
script to sort a string of numerical data in set fields
So, I will be working with someone and basically we are trying to build a form that is submitted most likely via the web and the data is just a string of numbers.
like:
19383882872201110929282821818182827349190102837364718191001932873711
Now, each number is part of a numerical value of some data they want. It will always be sent like this in plain text but there is a pattern to it. Like the first 5 digits are data entry A, the next 8 digits are data entry B, the next 3 digits are for C and so forth.
Then I need to output it so it is like this
A = 19383
B = 88287220
C = 111
I don't know all the details but these numbers plug into some system for data analysis and I just need to be able to organize the data for whomever is going to input it. I have no clue if this will be done email or web form. I told them to just send me a plain text file to begin with. I will have to split up each huge string of numbers and assign them to the proper value. I also do not know the patterns yet, but every giant string of numbers will contain the same amount of digits and be in the same pattern.
Now, lets say it is over web, I could have php invoke the shell or run a shell script correct?
Thanks in advance for any insight
-tl
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FNMATCH(3) 1 FNMATCH(3)
fnmatch - Match filename against a pattern
SYNOPSIS
bool fnmatch (string $pattern, string $string, [int $flags])
DESCRIPTION
fnmatch(3) checks if the passed $string would match the given shell wildcard $pattern.
PARAMETERS
o $pattern
- The shell wildcard pattern.
o $string
- The tested string. This function is especially useful for filenames, but may also be used on regular strings. The average user
may be used to shell patterns or at least in their simplest form to '?' and '*' wildcards so using fnmatch(3) instead of
preg_match(3) for frontend search expression input may be way more convenient for non-programming users.
o $flags
- The value of $flags can be any combination of the following flags, joined with the binary OR (|) operator.
A list of possible flags for fnmatch(3)
+-------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| $Flag | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+-------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| | |
|FNM_NOESCAPE | |
| | |
| | Disable backslash escaping. |
| | |
| | |
|FNM_PATHNAME | |
| | |
| | Slash in string only matches slash in the given |
| | pattern. |
| | |
| | |
| FNM_PERIOD | |
| | |
| | Leading period in string must be exactly matched |
| | by period in the given pattern. |
| | |
| | |
|FNM_CASEFOLD | |
| | |
| | Caseless match. Part of the GNU extension. |
| | |
+-------------+---------------------------------------------------+
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if there is a match, FALSE otherwise.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.0 | |
| | |
| | This function is now available on Windows plat- |
| | forms. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
Checking a color name against a shell wildcard pattern
<?php
if (fnmatch("*gr[ae]y", $color)) {
echo "some form of gray ...";
}
?>
NOTES
Warning
For now, this function is not available on non-POSIX compliant systems except Windows.
SEE ALSO
glob(3), preg_match(3), sscanf(3), printf(3), sprintf(3).
PHP Documentation Group FNMATCH(3)