Re: [PHP] Why doesn't working with array's ever stick in my thick head?

At 12:56 PM -0400 5/9/08, Jason Pruim wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>SO it's friday, I'm tired, and I can't seem to think straight... I 
>am attempting to do some very basic math with some arrays... Here's 
>the pseudo code that I'm working with:
>
>NumberOfPieces * PieceWeight = TotalWeight
>
>explode total weight to get tenth's of pounds, then divide tenth's 
>of pounds by 16 to grab ounces.

What??

Why do you want tenth's of pounds? Just divide pounds by 16 and 
you'll get ounces.

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>Display TotalWeight # Exploded Ounces.
>
>Which I have working just fine for a single set of boxes...
>
>My problem is I want to be able to automatically add say 50 boxes in 
>a form to process the weight of each route...

How much does each box weight and how many boxes? That's all you need.

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>So what I need to do is probably use some kind of a counter to loop 
>through my $RoutePieces array and multiply by the $PieceWeight? 
>$PieceWeight is a static number.

Is $PieceWeight is a static number?

The last time I checked, the cost per oz for shipping depends upon 
the weight. The more weight, the less the cost per ounce. Is that not 
true?

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As for the code, that's pretty simple.

Cheers,

tedd
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