Yes, it is actually <textarea>#methodname(number)#</textarea> So there is definitely something in <cffunction> that is literally being "seen" within the <textarea>.
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Wilkerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:12 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Eliminating Textarea Whitespaces on UDF retuned values That is strange. Is that the true code where the spaces occur? It would make sense to me if the actual code was something like <textarea> #methodName ( number )# </textarea> But your sample code is so compacted that I wonder where the whitespace is coming from... On 6/21/06, Michael E. Carluen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Rob & Nathan. > > Actually I was able to come-up with a work-around. The workaround is to put > the value inside a local variable outside of the textarea. > > This does not create whitespaces: > <cfset foovar = methodname(number)> > <textarea>#foovar#</textarea> > > > However, this creates the whitespaces: > <textarea>#methodname(number)#</textarea> > > Now its just basically understanding what triggers one over the other. Hmmm. > > Again many Thanks!! > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Wilkerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 4:52 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Eliminating Textarea Whitespaces on UDF retuned values > > Sorry, I probably should have been more specific. The "\s" should > strip any representation of "standard" whitespace. Other non-printing > characters will not be stripped. You might want to try using the > asc() function to see what at least one of those characters might be: > > asc ( left ( myString, 1 ) ) > > If it's not a whitespace character, you may have to try something like: > > REReplace ( myString, '^[\s\xdd]*', '' ) > > Where, in this case the "dd" in the character class represents the > hexadecimal value of the non-printing character. > > On 6/21/06, Michael E. Carluen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm currently using a UDF that returns a simple alpha-num value. When > used > > inside a form textarea, the value generates several leading whitespace > > chars. Wrapping it in trim() doesn't work. Any suggestions? Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:244500 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
