RosettaCodeData/Task/Determine-if-a-string-is-squeezable/PHP/determine-if-a-string-is-squeezable.php
2023-07-01 13:44:08 -04:00

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<?php
function squeezeString($string, $squeezeChar) {
$previousChar = null;
$squeeze = '';
$charArray = preg_split('//u', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
for ($i = 0 ; $i < count($charArray) ; $i++) {
$currentChar = $charArray[$i];
if ($previousChar !== $currentChar || $currentChar !== $squeezeChar) {
$squeeze .= $charArray[$i];
}
$previousChar = $currentChar;
}
return $squeeze;
}
function isSqueezable($string, $squeezeChar) {
return ($string !== squeezeString($string, $squeezeChar));
}
$strings = array(
['-', '"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" --- Abraham Lincoln '],
['1', '..1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111117777888'],
['l', "I never give 'em hell, I just tell the truth, and they think it's hell. "],
[' ', ' --- Harry S Truman '],
['9', '0112223333444445555556666666777777778888888889999999999'],
['e', "The better the 4-wheel drive, the further you'll be from help when ya get stuck!"],
['k', "The better the 4-wheel drive, the further you'll be from help when ya get stuck!"],
);
foreach ($strings as $params) {
list($char, $original) = $params;
echo 'Original : <<<', $original, '>>> (len=', mb_strlen($original), ')', PHP_EOL;
if (isSqueezable($original, $char)) {
$squeeze = squeezeString($original, $char);
echo 'Squeeze(', $char, ') : <<<', $squeeze, '>>> (len=', mb_strlen($squeeze), ')', PHP_EOL, PHP_EOL;
} else {
echo 'Squeeze(', $char, ') : string is not squeezable (char=', $char, ')...', PHP_EOL, PHP_EOL;
}
}