matching values in array & sum of matches

[urge]

I've got an array ("blue", "blue", "blue", "red", "red", "green", "green")
and I want to split this into three arrays -
array ("blue", "blue", "blue") and
array ("red", "red") and
array ("green", "green")
BUT I don't know the values of this array (blue & red & green are just an
example)
AND I don't know how many values in the array
I just want to seperate the values that are identical.
Is this possible?

See each matching value has a number and I want the total - (5,2,1,4,3,6,5)
5,2,1 belong to blue so add up to 8
4,3 belong to red and add up to 7
6,5 are green and add up to 11

I want 8, 7 and 11 not 26.... you see what I mean???

I've looked at all the arrays in the php manual and i can't figure it out.

[njm]

Completely untested, but the way i'd probably tackle this:

1. Sort the array

2. Loop through the elements

3. If element n <> element (n-1) reset
   [/list=1] hth, njm

[urge]

Thanx! I'll try it out and see how i go.

😃