> From: Saturday (Stuart Kidd) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm trying to do something which i can imagine is very simple but > can't find the function. When i display a title > <cfoutput>#myTitle#</cfoutput> i'd like to just display the > first 15 characters and if more then put three dots > (periods). I know the LEN function but i can't work out how > to replace the text with dots after the 15th character.
Let's see how many people I can piss off this morning with a nice example using IIF and DE. :-) Replace "str" with your string. #IIF(Len(str) gt 15,DE(Left(str,15) & '...'),DE(str))# HTH, Mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:219403 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
