MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61-DEVELOPING COLDFUSION MX Develop Manual page 115

<cfset key1Var="key1">
<cfset key2Var="key2">
<cfset key3Var="key3">
<cfset var2="2">
<cfoutput>
Value of the first key<br>
#mystruct.key1#<br>
#mystruct["key1"]#<br>
#mystruct[key1Var]#<br>
<br>
Value of the second entry in the key2 array<br>
#myStruct.key2[2]#<br>
#myStruct["key2"][2]#<br>
#myStruct[key2Var][2]#<br>
#myStruct[key2Var][var2]#<br>
<br>
Value of the struct2key2 entry in the key3 structure<br>
#myStruct.key3.struct2key2#<br>
#myStruct["key3"]["struct2key2"]#<br>
#myStruct[key3Var]["struct2key2"]#<br>
#myStruct.key3["struct2key2"]#<br>
#myStruct["key3"].struct2key2#<br>
<br>
</cfoutput>
Reviewing the code
The following table describes the code:
Code
<cfset myArray=ArrayNew(1)>
<cfset myArray[1]="2">
<cfset myArray[2]="3">
<cfset myStruct2=StructNew()>
<cfset myStruct2.struct2key1="4">
<cfset myStruct2.struct2key2="5">
<cfset myStruct=StructNew()>
<cfset myStruct.key1="1">
<cfset myStruct.key2=myArray>
<cfset myStruct.key3=myStruct2>
<cfdump var=#myStruct#><br>
<cfset key1Var="key1">
<cfset key2Var="key2">
<cfset key3Var="key3">
<cfset var2="2">
<cfoutput>
Value of the first key<br>
#mystruct.key1#<br>
#mystruct["key1"]#<br>
#mystruct[key1Var]#<br>
<br>
Description
Create a structure with three entries: a string, an
array, and an embedded structure.
Display the complete structure.
Create variables containing the names of the
myStruct keys and the number 2.
Output the value of the structure's key1 (string) entry
using the following notation:
• object.property notation
• associative array notation with a constant
• associative array notation with a variable
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