Sorting price list

[puretony]

i'd like to know how get the cheapest and most expensive prices from the list of prices below

 

random prices

$5.70

$8.40

$1.30

$15.50

$10.10

[lipun4u]

<?php
	$price = array(5.70, 8.40, 1.30, 15.50, 10.10);
	sort($price);
	echo "Cheapest : \$" . $price[0] ;
	echo "<br/>\n";
	echo "Most expensive : \$" . $price[count($price)-1]; 
?>

 

[puretony]

it works but what if i read from a text file?

[5kyy8lu3]

it works but what if i read from a text file?

 

same thing lol

[Amtran]

Separate the prices by dashes or commas:

 

1.10-1.15-2.50-3.45-7.10-8.90

 

Then...

<?php
$filename = "/usr/local/something.txt";
$handle = fopen($filename, "r");
$file = fread($handle, filesize($filename));

$prices = explode('-', $file);
sort($prices);

echo "Cheapest : \$" . $price[0] ;
echo "<br/>\n";
echo "Most expensive : \$" . $price[count($price)-1];
?>

[jmaker]

Would this work?

 

$price = array(5.70, 8.40, 1.30, 15.50, 10.10);
sort($price);
$cheap = array_shift($price);
$expensive = array_pop($price);

[Amtran]

Yep, that will give you the most and least expensive prices.

[puretony]

how about adding average into display?

[Amtran]

<?php
$price = array(5.70, 8.40, 1.30, 15.50, 10.10);
$average = array_sum($price) / count($price);

[puretony]

how to create an output file namead Outwine.txt after completing process?