nice :) On 11/23/05, Bobby Hartsfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > listfirst(listinsertat(mystring, 11, "***", " "), "***") > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > Bobby Hartsfield > http://acoderslife.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Getting first 10 words from a string. > > there's almost certainly a more eloquent solution, but you can loop > from 1 to 10 using the space as a delimiter. > > <cfset mystring = "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog the > quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" /> > <cfset myTruncatedString = "" /> > > <cfloop list="#myString#" delimiters=" " index="i"> > <cfset myTruncatedString = listAppend(myTruncatedString, i, ' ') /> > <cfif i EQ 10><cfbreak /></cfif> > </cfloop> > > <cfoutput>#myTruncatedString#</cfoutput> > > On 11/23/05, Nomad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello! > > Need help. > > > > How do I get the first (say 10) words from a string? > > Problem: > > > > A query to my database returns a column (details) that is of memo type. I > > want to limit the display of this column to the first 10 words only. > > I had a quick look at the CFML documentation for string functions but > could > > not find any that works with words (not characters). > > I am obviously missing something. What is it? > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > Ben > > > > > > > > > >
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