Good catch there. Although you get points off for using evaluate - I'd use a temp variable just to make it more readable. ;)
======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Macromedia Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Lofback [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 4:05 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Number of times a character is in a string > > > Using ListLen won't work for single characters or for longer > strings that > contain only the target character. Here's one way to do it for single > characters, case-sensitive: > > <CFSET MyString = "aa"> > > Character "a" occurs <CFOUTPUT>#Evaluate(Len(MyString) - > Len(Replace(MyString,"a","","ALL")))#</CFOUTPUT> times > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shawn Kernes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 3:51 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Number of times a character is in a string > > > > > > ListLen(list [, delimiters ]) - 1 > > > > where the delimiter is the char you are looking for > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Graham Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:44 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Number of times a character is in a string > > > > > > Anyway to find out the total number of times a character is > apart of a > > specific string. Any direction greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------- > > --------------- > > Graham Pearson, System Administrator / Certified Webmaster > > Northern Indiana Educational Services Center > > Http://support.niesc.k12.in.us Email: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Voice (574) 254-0444 Ext 108 / (800) 326-5642 Fax: (574) 254-0148 > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------- > > ---------------- > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
