Do a Find() or REFind() for the next occurrence of <p> after character 1900 (or whatever length) and go from there.
On 5/24/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > I've got a Web based admin tool that publishes articles. Regardless > of the length of the story, I'm trying to cut the story off the text at a > certain length and display the "next page" hyperlink. The code below does > this ok. > > However, I want to detect the end of the paragraph so the reader completes > the paragraph before having to click on the "next page" link. Each paragraph > is always separated by a single <p> tag. Right now, with the code below, I'm > gettiing words cut into peices and incomplete paragraphs. > > Any advice or gauidance would be much appreciated. > > <CFSET first_length = 1900> > <CFSET story_length = Len(pressrel_story.pre_mainpress)> > <CFSET story_remaining = #story_length# - 2500> > > <tr> > <td colspan="2"> > <p><cfoutput> > <span class="second_para">#left(pressrel_story.pre_mainpress, first_length)# > ....</span> > </cfoutput> > <p> > </p> > <span class="second_para"><a href="pagename.cfm?sr=#story_remaining#">Next > Page</a></span> -- CFAJAX docs and other useful articles: http://jr-holmes.coldfusionjournal.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:241270 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
