How would you display an array of integers as a set of ranges? (algorithm)

Question

Given an array of integers, what is the simplest way to iterate over it and figure out all the ranges it covers? for example, for an array such as:

$numbers = ar         


        

Answer 1

I will assume the array X() is pre-sorted (and if not, sort the array before-hand).

for each element of X() as $element (with $i as current array posistion)
    add $element to end of array Y()
    if (X($i) + 1 is less than X($i + 1)) AND ($i + 1 is not greater than sizeof(X())) then
        append Y(1)."-".Y(sizeof(Y())) to end of Z()
        unset Y()
    end if    
next
if anything remains in Y() append to end of Z()

well, that's how I would do it.