Re: Elegantly Selecting Every 3rd Element in an Array.

Give this a try:

for ($i=0; $i < @a; $i += 3) {
    print "$a[$i] ";
}
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Re: Re: Elegantly Selecting Every 3rd Element in an Array. by jlongino (Parson) on Sep 29, 2001 at 03:56 UTC
Maybe I did something wrong, but when I run your example I get "las saturday is" and not "every third element". "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Elegantly Selecting Every 3rd Element in an Array. by blakem (Monsignor) on Sep 29, 2001 at 04:06 UTC
I noticed that too.... easy fix though, replace `$i=0` with `$i=2`. As written, the code gives you every third word, but it doesn't start on the "correct" one. -Blake	[reply] [d/l] [select]