If it's one character, you should be able to treat it like a list
delimiter. The only issue is if the char comes first. So, simply add a "
" in front (assuming you aren't counting " " characters).
<cfset x = "araymond camdena">
<cfoutput>#listlen(" " & x,"a")#</cfoutput>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 3:44 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Number of times a character is in a string
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>
> Anyway to find out the total number of times a character is
> apart of a
> specific string. Any direction greatly appreciated.
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