Finding the non-matching values collection/array

[Robb Meade]

Hi all,

Ok, lets say I have the following,

Request.Form collection which produces this (as the element names)

a
b
c
d
e
f

And I also have an array containg this

a
b
c

What I want to do is loop through both and response.write to the screen only
the items that are not the same, so in this case I would see

d
e
f

displayed on the screen, I've tried a couple of things but its not working,
has anyone got any suggestions...

Cheers

Robb

[Robb Meade]

anyone got any ideas with this? I really could do with some help please :o)

Robb

[Robb Meade]

for i = 0 to ubound(ARR2)
found = "false"
for j = 0 to ubound(ARR1)
if (ARR2(i) = ARR1(j)) then
found = "true"
exit for
end if
next
if found ="false" then
strOutput=strOutput & ARR2(i) & ","
ARR2temp = ARR2(i)
end if
next

[Evertjan.]

Robb Meade wrote on 29 jun 2003 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

> for i = 0 to ubound(ARR2)
> found = "false"
> for j = 0 to ubound(ARR1)
> if (ARR2(i) = ARR1(j)) then
> found = "true"
> exit for
> end if
> next
> if found ="false" then
> strOutput=strOutput & ARR2(i) & ","
> ARR2temp = ARR2(i)
> end if
> next

Where is ARR2temp used for ?
You need to initialise strOutput
Better use a boolean for "found"

Let me try:

strOutput=""
for i = 0 to ubound(ARR2)
found = false
for j = 0 to ubound(ARR1)
if ARR2(i) = ARR1(j) then
found = true
exit for
end if
next
if not found then
strOutput=strOutput & ARR2(i) & "<br>"
end if
next
response.write strOutput

=============================

Even so, if ARR2 has duplicates not in ARR1, they will be written
And if ARR1 has entries not in ARR2 they will not be written

Perhaps it is better to
1 delete all double entries inside each array
2 put all values in one array arr3 and
3 output all non-double entries ?

This is step 3:

for i=0 to ubound(arr3)
for j=0 to ubound(arr3)
found=false
if arr3(i)=arr3(j) and i<>j then
found=true
exit for
end if
next
if not found then
response.write arr3(i) & "<br>"
end if
next


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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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[Evertjan.]

Evertjan. wrote on 29 jun 2003 in microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

> for i=0 to ubound(arr3)
> for j=0 to ubound(arr3)
> found=false
> if arr3(i)=arr3(j) and i<>j then
> .....

damn, still not right, should be:

for i=0 to ubound(arr3)
found=false
for j=0 to ubound(arr3)
if arr3(i)=arr3(j) and i<>j then
found=true
exit for
end if
next
if not found then
response.write arr3(i) & "<br>"
end if
next


--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)