Showoff! ;o) PS - Translates as "Put the dots in after your variable as regular text...
Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Tangorre, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:42 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: restricting cfoutput character length > > > > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:219405 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
