#int(listlen(mystring,"##")-1)# > There's always the brute force method:
> <cfset count=0> > <cfloop from="1" to="#Len(myString)#" index="i"> > <cfif Mid(myString,i,1) EQ "##"> > <cfset count=count+1> > </cfif> > </cfloop> > Not very elegant and for very large strings will not > perform well. >> My new question is this. Occasionally the "Products" >> value >> will have a # >> that I need to keep, so I'll need to split on the last # >> in >> the string. >> Looking through the CF String Manipulation functions, I >> don't see >> anything that will return a count of a particular >> character. I haven't >> found any on cflib.org as well. >> >> How could I find how many of a certain characters are in >> a string? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sideb > ar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the > official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Isaac Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq 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
