I am still a novice at PHP scripting.
I have an Array
$students = array(1201=>94,1203=>94,1200=>91, 1205=>89, 1209=>83, 1206=>65, 1202=>41, 1207=>38,1208=>37, 1204=>37,1210=>94);
From the associative array, the key are the student's exam no and the values are the student's scores. Then I used the 2 inbult PHP functions array_keys and array_values to separate the exam nos from the scores.
$exam_nos=(array_keys($students));
$marks=(array_values($students));
Then I passed the $marks array through the code below:
$i=0;
$occurrences = array_count_values($marks);
$marks = array_unique($marks);
echo '<table border="1">';
foreach($marks as $grade) {
if($grade == end($marks))$i += $occurrences[$grade]-1;
echo str_repeat('<tr><td>'.$grade.': '.($i+1).'</td></tr>',$occurrences[$grade]);
$i += $occurrences[$grade];
}
echo '</table><br />';
output:
94: 1
94: 1
94: 1
91: 4
89: 5
83: 6
65: 7
41: 8
38: 9
37: 11
37: 11
And this is closer to what I want; to rank the scores such that if a tie is encountered, 1 or more positions are skipped, occurs at the end the position the items at the end are assigned a position equivalent toi the total number of ranked items. However, it would be much helpful if this could be done without separating the Array into 2 ... Questions: (1) I am pulling my hair how, from the $student array I could have something like:
Exam No Score Position
1201 94 1
1210 94 1
1203 94 1
1200 91 4
1205 89 5
1209 83 6
1206 65 7
1202 41 8
1207 38 9
1204 37 11
1208 37 11
(2) I would like to be able to pick any student by exam no and be able to echo or print out her position e.g
the student 1207 is number 9.
I think I need to capture the postions in a variable, but how do I capture them? Well I don't know!
Could the experts help me here with a better way to achieve my 2 goals (please see questions 1 and 2)? I will try any suggestion that will help me disolve the 'metal blockage' I have hit.