At 07:51 AM 11/11/2002 -0800, you wrote: >On Monday, Nov 11, 2002, at 05:56 US/Pacific, Jeffry Houser wrote: > > bad practice to me. I do see it often enough, such as checking for the > > length of a string like this: > > > > <cfif Len(MyString)> > > Whatever > > </cfif> > > > > It annoys me, because I would much rather see: > > > > <cfif (Len(MyString) is 0)> > > Whatever > > </cfif> > > > > The second is much more readable, in my opinion. > >And you reinforce my point by making exactly the error I highlighted: >your two conditions are the opposite of each other.
:grumble, grumble, grumble: That was a typo. However, my point was to say that Len(MyString) is not a Boolean function, does not return a Boolean value, and should not be used as a Boolean comparison operator. Whether 'you' ( You being anyone) agrees with me is another story. -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:jeff@;farcryfly.com DotComIt, Putting you on the web AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My CFMX Book: <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072225564/instantcoldfu-20> My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
