php-doc-en/reference/array/functions/range.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<refentry id="function.range">
<refnamediv>
<refname>range</refname>
<refpurpose>
Create an array containing a range of elements
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>array</type><methodname>range</methodname>
<methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>low</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>high</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>step</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>range</function> returns an array of elements from
<parameter>low</parameter> to <parameter>high</parameter>,
inclusive. If low > high, the sequence will be from high to low.
</para>
<note>
<title>New parameter</title>
<simpara>
The optional <parameter>step</parameter> parameter was added in 5.0.0.
</simpara>
</note>
<para>
If a <parameter>step</parameter> value is given, it will be used as the
increment between elements in the sequence. <parameter>step</parameter>
should be given as a positive number. If not specified,
<parameter>step</parameter> will default to 1.
</para>
<para>
<example>
<title><function>range</function> examples</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// array(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)
foreach(range(0, 9) as $number) {
echo $number;
}
// The step parameter was introduced in 5.0.0
// array(0,10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100)
foreach(range(0, 100, 10) as $number) {
echo $number;
}
// Use of characters introduced in 4.1.0
// array('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i');
foreach(range('a', 'i') as $letter) {
echo $letter;
}
// array('c','b','a');
foreach(range('c', 'a') as $letter) {
echo $letter;
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
<note>
<para>
Prior to version 4.1.0 the <function>range</function> function
only generated incrementing integer arrays. Support for
character sequences and decrementing arrays was added in 4.1.0.
</para>
</note>
<para>
See also <function>shuffle</function> and
<link linkend="control-structures.foreach">foreach</link>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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