[SOLVED] Divide (distribute) a number in wholenumbers in php

Issue

I want to divide a given number to wholenumbers and round off the first digit if the divisor was not a factor of the dividend.

Eg. My divisor shall always be 24.

dividend(d) = 4. ans = array(1, 1, 1, 1);

d = 10.

ans = array(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1);

d=24.

ans = array(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1);

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d = 25.

ans = array(2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1);

d = 35.

ans = array(2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1);

d = 79.

ans = array(4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3);

While I'm at it, let me also describe what I am trying to achieve from this..

I want to automate a task that shall perform a specific operation on a given no of objects (d which shall vary(read increase) over time.).

Now I shall be running a cron every hour daily, which gives me a constant divisor of 24 if I wish to balance/distribute the no objects on which the task has to run each day.

I have searched this division technique and found this question which was somewhat close to what i needed, though on how to implement it in php I am a bit lost.

Solution

Something like:

$x = floor($d / 24);
$y = $d % 24;
$ans = array_fill(0, 24, $x);
if ($y > 0)
    array_splice($ans, 0, $y, array_fill(0, $y, $x+1));
$ans = array_filter($ans);

Answered By - Mark Baker