In MX, UDF arguments is an array and a structure. ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc Member of Team Macromedia
Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:56 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: > cffunction_arguments_"[undefined_struct_element]"_--_archived_ > but_ not returned? > > > 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 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
