Splitting a string into three parts

I am making a website for a newspaper, and I am having difficulty
figuring out how to take a string (the body of an article) and break
it up into three new strings so that I can display them in the
traditional newspaper column format.

For instance, say the string $articleBody contains a 600 word article.
What I want to do is break $articleBody up into three new strings in a
format such as this:

$string1 contains words 0-200 from $articleBody
$string2 contains words 201-400 from $articleBody
$string3 contains words 401-600 from $articleBody

All I have been able to do is truncate the $articleBody string using a
function similar to this:

function word_split($str,$words=200)
{
$arr = preg_split("/[\s]+/", $str,$words+1);
$arr = array_slice($arr,0,$words);
return join(' ',$arr);
}

However, this will only produce the first of three strings.

Any ideas?

Re: Splitting a string into three parts

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> I am making a website for a newspaper, and I am having difficulty
> figuring out how to take a string (the body of an article) and break
> it up into three new strings so that I can display them in the
> traditional newspaper column format.
>
> For instance, say the string $articleBody contains a 600 word article.
> What I want to do is break $articleBody up into three new strings in a
> format such as this:
>
> $string1 contains words 0-200 from $articleBody
> $string2 contains words 201-400 from $articleBody
> $string3 contains words 401-600 from $articleBody
>

$newtext=wordwrap($slap,200,"\n",1);


--
(c) The Amazing Krustov

Re: Splitting a string into three parts

On Sep 19, 3:44 pm, Krustov wrote:
>
> <>
>
> <1190229947.157523.58...@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>
>
> > I am making a website for a newspaper, and I am having difficulty
> > figuring out how to take a string (the body of an article) and break
> > it up into three new strings so that I can display them in the
> > traditional newspaper column format.
>
> > For instance, say the string $articleBody contains a 600 word article.
> > What I want to do is break $articleBody up into three new strings in a
> > format such as this:
>
> > $string1 contains words 0-200 from $articleBody
> > $string2 contains words 201-400 from $articleBody
> > $string3 contains words 401-600 from $articleBody
>
> $newtext=wordwrap($slap,200,"\n",1);
>
> --
> (c) The Amazing Krustov

I'm sorry, but that does not do what I described. I need to take one
string and turn it into three separate strings. Thank you for your
quick reply, though.

Re: Splitting a string into three parts

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<1190238481.305757.111070@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>

> > > $string1 contains words 0-200 from $articleBody
> > > $string2 contains words 201-400 from $articleBody
> > > $string3 contains words 401-600 from $articleBody
> >
> > $newtext=wordwrap($slap,200,"\n",1);
> >
> > --
> > (c) The Amazing Krustov
>
> I'm sorry, but that does not do what I described. I need to take one
> string and turn it into three separate strings. Thank you for your
> quick reply, though.
>

A bit luddite - but it seems to work ok .











$articleBody="
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";

$articleBody=str_replace("\n"," ",$articleBody);
$articleBody=str_replace("\r"," ",$articleBody);
$articleBody=str_replace("\t"," ",$articleBody);
$articleBody=str_replace(" "," ",$articleBody);
$articleBody=str_replace(" "," ",$articleBody);

$bart=strlen($articleBody);

print "This string is $bart characters long .

";

$lisa=$bart/3;

$lisa=number_format($lisa,0,'.','');

$lisa=$lisa+10;

print "If 3 columns are used then its $lisa characters a column .


";

$smithers=trim($articleBody);

$newtext=wordwrap($smithers,$lisa,"\n");

$filename="zzzzz.php"; $fp=fopen($filename,"w"); fwrite ($fp,$newtext);
fwrite ($fp,"\n"); fclose($fp);

$filename="zzzzz.php"; $fp=fopen($filename,"r");
$qaz=fgets($fp); $homer[1]=trim($qaz);
$qaz=fgets($fp); $homer[2]=trim($qaz);
$qaz=fgets($fp); $homer[3]=trim($qaz);
fclose($fp);

?>

Re: Splitting a string into three parts

On 19.09.2007 21:25 techusky@gmail.com wrote:
> I am making a website for a newspaper, and I am having difficulty
> figuring out how to take a string (the body of an article) and break
> it up into three new strings so that I can display them in the
> traditional newspaper column format.
>
> For instance, say the string $articleBody contains a 600 word article.
> What I want to do is break $articleBody up into three new strings in a
> format such as this:
>
> $string1 contains words 0-200 from $articleBody
> $string2 contains words 201-400 from $articleBody
> $string3 contains words 401-600 from $articleBody
>
> All I have been able to do is truncate the $articleBody string using a
> function similar to this:
>
> function word_split($str,$words=200)
> {
> $arr = preg_split("/[\s]+/", $str,$words+1);
> $arr = array_slice($arr,0,$words);
> return join(' ',$arr);
> }
>
> However, this will only produce the first of three strings.
>
> Any ideas?
>

hi

given a text $text and an integer $num_cols, you can do something like this


# split the text into words
$w = preg_split('/\s+/', $text);

# create $num_cols arrays of words
$w = array_chunk($w, ceil(count($w) / $num_cols));

# convert arrays of words back to strings
foreach($w as $k => $v) $w[$k] = implode(' ', $v);

# $w contains $num_cols strings


?>

hope this helps.


--
gosha bine

makrell ~ http://www.tagarga.com/blok/makrell
php done right ;) http://code.google.com/p/pihipi

Re: Splitting a string into three parts

On Sep 20, 5:46 am, gosha bine wrote:
> On 19.09.2007 21:25 techu...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am making a website for a newspaper, and I am having difficulty
> > figuring out how to take a string (the body of an article) and break
> > it up into three new strings so that I can display them in the
> > traditional newspaper column format.
>
> > For instance, say the string $articleBody contains a 600 word article.
> > What I want to do is break $articleBody up into three new strings in a
> > format such as this:
>
> > $string1 contains words 0-200 from $articleBody
> > $string2 contains words 201-400 from $articleBody
> > $string3 contains words 401-600 from $articleBody
>
> > All I have been able to do is truncate the $articleBody string using a
> > function similar to this:
>
> > function word_split($str,$words=200)
> > {
> > $arr = preg_split("/[\s]+/", $str,$words+1);
> > $arr = array_slice($arr,0,$words);
> > return join(' ',$arr);
> > }
>
> > However, this will only produce the first of three strings.
>
> > Any ideas?
>
> hi
>
> given a text $text and an integer $num_cols, you can do something like this
>
> >
> # split the text into words
> $w = preg_split('/\s+/', $text);
>
> # create $num_cols arrays of words
> $w = array_chunk($w, ceil(count($w) / $num_cols));
>
> # convert arrays of words back to strings
> foreach($w as $k => $v) $w[$k] = implode(' ', $v);
>
> # $w contains $num_cols strings
>
> ?>
>
> hope this helps.
>
> --
> gosha bine
>
> makrell ~http://www.tagarga.com/blok/makrell
> php done right ;)http://code.google.com/p/pihipi

That did the exact trick! ...and it's a very simple solution, too.
Thanks a million, you're a lifesaver gosha bine.