Try this:
<cfset a="apple">
<cfset b="banana">
<cfset c="cumquat">
<cfset st = "##a## ##b## ##c##">
<cfoutput>#st# -> #evaluate(de(st))#</cfoutput>
Note that you may be opening up a potential security hazard. Users could
display any variable in your app. If you wanted to avoid this, you could
parse the text manually: listreplace("##VAR1##,##VAR2##...",
"#VAR1#,#VAR2#,...") -- of course using comma as a delimiter would probably
be a mistake there.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Monaghan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 6:53 AM
Subject: Getting CF to display value, not variable
> For the app I am working on, the "power users" are given a maintenance
> screen. From this screen, they can build a free-form description. But,
they
> need to be able to include dynamic data in the description.
>
> They are entering variable names in the description wrapped in # signs.
> But, I cannot figure out how to get CF to realize that the data inside the
> variable needs to be evaluated as well as the data itself.
>
> I tried using the Evaluate function, but it blew up when it hit the #
sign.
>
> Sorry if this is a simple question, but I only get to do CF part time, and
> appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> -------------------------------------
> Steven Monaghan
> Oracle DBA / Cold Fusion Developer
> MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.
> http://www.mscdirect.com
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