Jim...You have way too much time on your hands :) Pretty damn interesting!! That would have made my brain explode!!
Doug B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 8:30 PM Subject: Re: Challenging Loop problem. > Try this out... > > <cfset thelist = "0,8,16"> > <!---Seed the list with values, by default the first element is the last > value in the list, and all of the others are the first value in the > list, could also be set manually---> > <cfset p1 = listlast(thelist)> > <cfloop index="lp" from="2" to="#listlen(thelist)#"> > <cfset "p#lp#" = listfirst(thelist)> > </cfloop> > > > <cfset y = -1><!---The direction we are starting in in the list---> > <cfset x = 2><!---The position we are starting at---> > > > <cfoutput> > <cfset l = listfind(thelist,variables["p#x#"])> > <cfloop index="lp" from="1" > to="#listlen(thelist)#">#variables["p#lp#"]#.</cfloop><BR> > <cfloop index="n" from="1" to="50"><!---however many times you want to > iterate---> > <cfset c = 1> > <cfloop condition="((y LT 0 AND l IS 1) OR (y GT 0 AND l IS > listlen(thelist)))"> > <cfset c = c + 1><cfif c GT len(thelist)>We are looping, no more > changes seem possible.<cfabort></cfif> > <cfset y = y * -1> > <cfif x IS 1><cfset x = listlen(thelist)><cfelse><cfset x = x - 1></cfif> > <cfset l = listfind(thelist,variables["p#x#"])> > </cfloop> > <cfset l = l + y> > <cfset "p#x#" = listgetat(thelist,l)> > <cfloop index="lp" from="1" > to="#listlen(thelist)#">#variables["p#lp#"]#.</cfloop><BR> > </cfloop> > </cfoutput> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261811 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
