Question

Here is the code:

$TopFive = array_slice($counts,0,5);    
{
  foreach($TopFive as $key => $tops)
{


for($i=0; $i<$tops; $i++)
{
  echo "*";
}

$b=0;   
for($a=0; $a<5; $a++)
{
  $b++; 
}

echo "{$b}";        
echo "#:{$key} - {$tops} <br/>";    


                }
            }

currently, the output looks this:

*********5#:THE - 9 
*****5#:OF - 5 
*****5#:TO - 5 
***5#:AND - 3 
***5#:THEM - 3 

but what I really want to have is this:

********* #1: THE - 9
***** #2: OF - 5
***** #3: TO - 5
*** #4: AND - 3
*** #5: THEM - 3

I can’t seem to figure out how to arrange the looping. Any ideas? I am very sorry this simple question, I ran out of ideas. I just want the numbers to be from 1-5.

I just want some advice as to how to arrange the looping for the $b so that the counting will be from 1-5, not just 5

Answer 1

If:

$TopFive = array('THE' => 9, 'OF' => 5, 'TO' => 5, 'AND' => 3, 'THEM' => 3);

then:

$number = 1;

foreach ($TopFive as $word => $count)
{
    echo str_repeat('*', $count); // Outputs '*' characters
    echo " #{$number}: {$word} - {$count}\n";
    $number++; // increment your number
}

Here’s an example.