My background is Perl where this kind of boolean evaluation is common and I
still use it extensively in my CF code. AFAIK, all boolean evaluations
treat zero as false and any other numeric value as true. I use it wherever
I know the values will be numeric. For example, I use this quite often:
<CFIF NOT qMyQuery.RecordCount>
No data found!
<CFELSE>
<CFOUTPUT QUERY="qMyQuery">
...
</CFOUTPUT>
</CFIF>
I guess one argument against this format is that if you spell out the
boolean condition it is self-documenting. But to me, this is a convenient
shortcut and more a matter of style than anything else.
Chris Lofback
Sr. Web Developer
TRX Integration
28051 US 19 N., Ste. C
Clearwater, FL 33761
www.trxi.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Moretti [mailto:stephen@;cfmaster.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 11:19 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Studio MX
>
>
> <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
>
>
>
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