Split string into array by letters

Question

I'm trying to split a string into an array such that if the string is z10k4m42 it would become

array('z' => 10, 'k' => 4, 'm' => 42)

Is this possible?

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– designosis, Commented Oct 5, 2012 at 6:07

xdazz · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-05 07:09:22Z

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Try the below:

preg_match_all('/([a-z]+)(\d+)/', 'z10k4m42', $matches);
$ret = array_combine($matches[1], $matches[2]);

answered Oct 5, 2012 at 6:07

xdazz

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3 Comments

This only makes an array with the numbers. The solution would be a mix with my (deleted) answer and yours :-)

This at least works for me. I got an array with chars as key and the following numbers as value. Isn't that what he wanted?

@TheDisintegrator Have you run the code and see the result? It should be what the op wants.