Yes, but you also have to take performance into consideration Example
<cfset myString = ""> <cfloop from="1" to="1000" index="i"> <cfif myString EQ ""> Hello </cfif> </cfloop> Execution Time 811 milliseconds Compared to <cfset myString = "1"><cfloop from="1" to="1000" index="i"><cfif len(myString)>Hello</cfif></cfloop> Execution Time 370 milliseconds Douglas Brown Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean A Corfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Best Practices > On Thursday, August 15, 2002, at 01:16 , Charlie Griefer wrote: > > To a newbie, <cfif myStringVar is ""> is > > much easier to comprehend than <cfif len(trim(myStringVar))>. > > Yes, which would place the former in the better = more-maintainable > category... > > > So while I do agree that teaching the 'right' way is better than having to > > unteach a 'wrong' way...remember that a big reason CF is as popular as it > > is > > is due to the fact that its learning curve is the bunny hill. > > Yes, and with that in mind, we should also remember that our code will be > read more often than it is written - readability is important and it may > well be a newbie who has to deal with your code in future... > > Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
