Need help with coding in an array

1. I have an array with a list of $countries

2. $un_secretaries contains the names of current and former secretaries-general of the UN; their native country is the key to the array.
3. $nobel_winners contains some of the countries which have produced Nobel Peace Prize winners some time in the last 20 years.


1. My job is to loop through the array and extract the name of the country UN secretary general; if so, print the country name and the name of the un secretary general
2. whether each country has produced a Nobel Peace Prize winner; if so, print a statement that says so which includes the name of the country

Any help

Code:

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<?php // Place my work here, between the opening and closing tags.

/*******************************************************************
The code below initializes three (3) arrays:

1. $countries is a list of countries.
2. $un_secretaries contains the names of current and former
  secretaries-general of the UN; their native country is the key
  to the array.
3. $nobel_winners contains some of the countries which have
  produced Nobel Peace Prize winners some time in the last 20
  years.

My job is to loop through the $countries array and determine...
1. ...whether each country has produced a UN
  secretary-general; if so, print his name;
2. ...whether each country has produced a Nobel Peace
  prize winner. If so, print a statement that says so.
*******************************************************************/
$countries = array(
    'China', 'Costa Rica',
    'Austria', 'Australia',
    'Ghana', 'Guatamala',
    'Canada', 'South Korea',
    'Iran', 'Ethopia',
    'Japan', 'Myanmar',
    'France', 'Finland'
);

// Initialize array with UN secretaries-general.
$un_secretaries = array(
    'South Korea' => 'Ban Ki-moon',
    'Ghana' => 'Kofi A. Annan',
    'Egypt' => 'Boutros Boutros-Ghali',
    'Peru' => 'Javier Perez de Cuellar',
    'Austria' => 'Kurt Waldheim',
    'Myanmar' => 'U Thant',
    'Sweden' => 'Dag Hammarskjöld',
    'Norway' => 'Trygve Lie'
);

// Initialize array with some countries that have produced
// Nobel Peace prize winners.
$nobel_countries = array(
    'Finland', 'Bangladesh',
    'Kenya', 'Iran',
    'South Korea', 'Guatemala',
    'Myanmar', 'Costa Rica'
);

// Start here:

?>

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Problem solved - thanks those who are still thinking of helping.

I have the same problem with you.
Can you explain?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by kasigratis

I have the same problem with you.
Can you explain?

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what do you mean you have the same problem with me - do you want to know how I solved it or what?

I think he meant "as you" yes. Don't think he's looking for a fight :p

No I didnt think he wanted a fight neither - well here is my coding but apparent Im doing something wrong -

PHP Code:

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foreach ($countries as $country){
   if(array_key_exists($country, $un_secretaries)){
      echo $un_secretaries[$country] . '<br>';
   }
}

foreach ($countries as $country){
   if(array_key_exists($country, $nobel_countries)){
      $country . ' has produced nobel peace prize winners.<br>';
   }
} 


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I guess I shouted before I got out of the forest - any help

I think I forgot the to echo the code but still it doesnt function

Code:

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// Printout
<?php
foreach ($countries as $country){
  if(array_key_exists($country, $un_secretaries)){
      echo $un_secretaries[$country] . '<br>';
  }
}

foreach ($countries as $country){
  if(array_key_exists($country, $nobel_countries)){
      echo $nobel_countries[$country] . ' has produced nobel prize winners.<br>';
  }
}

?>

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