you should be able to do
...isDefined(theVar)...
Personally, I would take a different approach. I would have the
checkboxes return 1 (or whatever the desired result is when checked) and
cfparam() them to 0.
HTH.
--Ben
Daniel Kessler wrote:
> I'm trying to go through a list of fields and determine whether they
> exist or not. They' re mostly checkboxes. If they exist, I want to
> give it a value of 1, otherwise initialize it with a value of 0. It
> fails on the isDefined line. If I take out the if and just have the
> evaluate(), it fails on that too. Here's a shortened example of the
> code.
>
> <cfset checkExists = "plan_to_attend,contact,alumnimember">
> <cfset checkExists = listtoArray(checkExists)>
>
> <cfloop index="i" from="1" to="#arrayLen(checkExists)#">
> <cfset theVar = "#checkExists[i]#">
>
> <cfif IsDefined("#evaluate('#theVar#')#")>
> <cfset evaluate('#theVar#') = 1>
> <cfelse>
> <cfset evaluate('#theVar#') = 0>
> </cfif>
> </cfloop>
>
> Any help is appreciated or if i can explain better please ask.
>
> thanks.
>
> daniel
>
> --
> Daniel Kessler
>
> Department of Public and Community Health
> University of Maryland
> Suite 2387 Valley Drive
> College Park, MD 20742-2611
> 301-405-2545 Phone
> www.phi.umd.edu
>
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