>That's what <cfparam is for, isn't it? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rich Z [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:54 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Efficient way to handle undefined variables > > >What is the best/most efficient way to handle a scenario where you're >populating variables from other variables that may or may not exist. If >they don't exist, an empty string should be assigned. I wrote a little >function to do this with a simple if statement inside: > >If (isDefined("inVal") >{ > outVal = inVal; >} >else >{ > outVal = ""; >} > >Is this the best way to go about this? I'm going to end up wrapping >quite a few variables in this function, that's why I'm curious (I'm >puling in an XML that potentially has MANY optional variables). > >Thanks, >Rich > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
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