php-doc-en/reference/array/functions/range.xml
Goran Grbic 755faca201 Added version PHP 8 into array functions' version.
Also slight improvements to related examples.

Closes GH-337.
2021-01-17 12:01:07 +01:00

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<refentry xml:id="function.range" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>range</refname>
<refpurpose>Create an array containing a range of elements</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>array</type><methodname>range</methodname>
<methodparam><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>int</type><type>float</type></type><parameter>start</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>int</type><type>float</type></type><parameter>end</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>int</type><type>float</type></type><parameter>step</parameter><initializer>1</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Create an array containing a range of elements.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>start</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
First value of the sequence.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>end</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The sequence is ended upon reaching the
<parameter>end</parameter> value.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>step</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<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>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns an array of elements from <parameter>start</parameter> to
<parameter>end</parameter>, inclusive.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>range</function> examples</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
foreach (range(0, 12) as $number) {
echo $number;
}
echo "\n";
// The step parameter
// array(0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100)
foreach (range(0, 100, 10) as $number) {
echo $number;
}
echo "\n";
// Usage of character sequences
// array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i');
foreach (range('a', 'i') as $letter) {
echo $letter;
}
echo "\n";
// array('c', 'b', 'a');
foreach (range('c', 'a') as $letter) {
echo $letter;
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
<note>
<para>
Character sequence values are limited to a length of one. If a length greater
than one is entered, only the first character is used.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>shuffle</function></member>
<member><function>array_fill</function></member>
<member>&foreach;</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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