Listtoarray - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61-CFML Reference

ListToArray

Description
Copies the elements of a list to an array.
Returns
An array
Category
Array functions,
Function syntax
ListToArray(list [, delimiters ])
See also
ArrayToList
Parameters
Parameter
list
delimiters
Usage
ColdFusion ignores empty list elements; thus, the list "a,b,c,,,d" has four elements.
ColdFusion treats each character in the
the attribute is ",+" ColdFusion will break the list at either a comma plus sign.
Example
<h3>ListToArray Example</h3>
<!--- Find a list of users who wrote messages --->
<cfquery name = "GetMessageUser" datasource = "cfsnippets">
SELECT Username, Subject, Posted
FROM Messages
</cfquery>
<cfset myList = ValueList(GetMessageUser.UserName)>
<p>My list is a list with <cfoutput>#ListLen(myList)#</cfoutput>
elements.
<cfset myArrayList = ListToArray(myList)>
<p>My array list is an array with <cfoutput>#ArrayLen(myArrayList)#
</cfoutput> elements.
Conversion functions,
Description
A list or a variable that contains one.
You define a list variable with a
A string or a variable that contains one. ColdFusion treats each character in the
string as a delimiter. Default: comma.
List functions
statement.
cfset
attribute as a separate delimiter. Therefore, if
delimiters
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