PHP/XML/var export

Extracting a Portion of an Array

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<?php

 $languages = array( "French", "German", "Russian", "Chinese",
                     "Hindi", "Quechua", "Spanish", "Hausa");

printf("

Original array:\n%s

\n", var_export($languages, TRUE));

 $slice1 = array_slice($languages, 2, 4);

printf("

Slice 1:\n%s

\n", var_export($slice1, TRUE));

 $slice2 = array_slice($languages, 2, 4, TRUE);

printf("

Slice 2:\n%s

\n", var_export($slice2, TRUE));

 $slice3 = array_slice($languages, -6, -2, TRUE);

printf("

Slice 3:\n%s

\n", var_export($slice3, TRUE));

 $last3 = array_slice($languages, -3);

printf("

Last 3: %s

\n", var_export($last3, TRUE));

 $last3 = array_slice($languages, -3, 3, TRUE);

printf("

Last 3: %s

\n", var_export($last3, TRUE));

?>

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