Nah... I think you are giving him too much credit <g>. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Townend [mailto:mike@;cfnews.co.uk] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 10:50 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Studio MX
I think stephen was thinking more future wise.... Len() actually returns an Integer (or maybe a long) and if CF was to move into a Typed language then a <CFIF Len()> would be incorrect without some sort of conversion. HTH -----Original Message----- From: Kreig Zimmerman [mailto:kkz@;foureyes.com] Sent: Friday, November 8, 2002 16:29 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Studio MX No. Len() is evaluated as a Boolean because in CF, True/False, Yes/No, and 1(+)/0 are all evaluated as Boolean pairs. Trust me. I use this everywhere in my own code. Stephen Moretti wrote: ><cfmode type="pedant"> > > >>And, really, I would use this: >> >><cfif Len(Form.Formname)> >> >> >> > >should be > ><cfif Len(Form.Formname) GT 0> > >BECAUSE Len() DOES NOT RETURN A BOOLEAN! > ></cfmode> > >I'll go away now.. > >Stephen > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
