Yo Isaac, doesn't this strike you as a bit wrong? <cfset arguments["No"] = arguments[2]>
arguments is an array. Why are you treating it as a structure? Matthew Walker Electric Sheep Web http://www.electricsheep.co.nz/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "S. Isaac Dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:45 PM Subject: cffunction_arguments_"[undefined_struct_element]"_--_archived_but_ not returned? > Could somebody on the list just confirm that they got any of the previous > posts on this thread? I see 3 of them in the archive, but haven't seen any > of them come back to me, so I'm a) not wanting to flood the list and b) > still wanting to see if anyone else has any ideas ... > > Thanks. > > ----------- > > Sorry if you guys get this twice, but I just saw my post to Bud which was > sent after this and still haven't seen this come back in... > > An amendment to my previous post: > > I tried renaming every attribute and variable in the function and no matter > how they were renamed or moved or what attributes were omitted, etc. the 2nd > attribute in the function was always undefined?!!!?!? > > So I tried reverting to cfscript to create the function and lo and behold, > it works! > > function alttext(itemid) { > var mytext = structnew(); > if (arraylen(arguments) gt 1) > { mytext.no = arguments[2]; } > else { mytext.no = "New"; } > if (arraylen(arguments) gt 2) > { mytext.yes = arguments[3]; } > else { mytext.yes = "Edit"; } > > if (not isnumeric(itemid)) { itemid = len(trim(itemid)); } > > return mytext[yesnoformat(itemid)]; > } > > Did I miss a known bug or something?!!? > > --- > > I'm working with a function that's designed to return > alternative values for "yes" or "no" from yesnoformat() > > I have this code: > > <cffunction name="alttext" returntype="string"> > <cfargument name="itemid" type="string" required="true"> > <cfargument name="no" type="string" defualt="New"> > <cfargument name="yes" type="string" default="Edit"> > > <cfset var istrue = false> > <cfset arguments["No"] = arguments[2]> > <cfset arguments.no = arguments[2]> > <cfdump var="#arguments#"> > > <cfif not isnumeric(itemid)> > <cfset itemid = len(trim(itemid))></cfif> > > <cfreturn arguments[yesnoformat(itemid)]> > </cffunction> > > > A couple of those lines were added to see if I could work around the > problem, which is that where the cfdump is executed, the value shown for > arguments.no is "[undefined struct element]" ... What I don't understand is > -- if the key exists, how is the struct element not defined? And if it was > obviously able to get the value of the key "no" from the cfargument tag, why > was it not able to get the default value "New"? > > Incidentally, no exception is thrown when the value is false, it just > returns an empty string. > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 > > new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > > lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > > tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > > certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
