Parse string help

@estheraSep 05.2004

I have a string that includes first initial, last initial and number
I want to be able to parse out each initial and then the number into separate values?

Also how can I take a string containing a name and parse out just the first letter?

Please help. I am new to php.

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@96turnerriSep 05.2004 — #you could do something like

[code=php]
 $str = "R T 3";
 $array = explode(" ", $str);
 echo $array[0]; //First Initial
 echo $array[1]; //Second Initial
 echo $array[2]; //Number
 [/code]

but if the string is always 5 characters in this format sometimes mite be R T 23

you can do

[code=php]
 $str = "R T 3";
 echo $str{0}; // First Initial
 echo $str{3}; // Second Initial
 echo $str{5}; //Number
 [/code]

the second bit answers you second question too

[code=php]
 $str = "Name";
 echo ucfirst($str{0}) // Upper Case First Initial
 [/code]

@estheraauthorSep 05.2004 — #Thanks. as for the first part of the question -- I don't have spaces. It is exactly 2 letters and then a number (which could be anything from one to 400) How would I parse out the number?

@96turnerriSep 05.2004 — #ok do this then

[code=php]
 $str = "RT3";
 $count = strlen($str);
 echo $str{0}; // First Initial
 echo $str{1}; // Second Initial
 echo substr(2,$count-1); //Number
 [/code]

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