I am not worthy! That is awesome! Thanks! >What about something like this: > > ><cffunction > name="GetDiff" > access="public" > returntype="string" > output="false" > hint="Gets the difference between two lists based on index."> > > <!--- Define arguments. ---> > <cfargument > name="ListOne" > type="string" > required="true" > /> > > <cfargument > name="ListTwo" > type="string" > required="true" > /> > > > <!--- Define the local scope. ---> > <cfset var LOCAL = StructNew() /> > > > <!--- Get the length of both lists. ---> > <cfset LOCAL.ListOneLength = ListLen( ARGUMENTS.ListOne ) /> > <cfset LOCAL.ListTwoLength = ListLen( ARGUMENTS.ListTwo ) /> > > > <!--- Set empty diff list. ---> > <cfset LOCAL.DiffList = "" /> > > <!--- Loop over both lists. ---> > <cfloop > index="LOCAL.Index" > from="1" > to="#Max( LOCAL.ListOneLength, LOCAL.ListTwoLength )#" > step="1"> > > > <!--- Check to see if we have an element in list one to >check. ---> > <cfif (LOCAL.Index GT LOCAL.ListOneLength)> > > <cfset LOCAL.DiffList = ListAppend( > LOCAL.DiffList, > ListGetAt( ARGUMENTS.ListTwo, >LOCAL.Index ) > ) /> > > <cfelseif (LOCAL.Index GT LOCAL.ListTwoLength)> > > <cfset LOCAL.DiffList = ListAppend( > LOCAL.DiffList, > ListGetAt( ARGUMENTS.ListOne, >LOCAL.Index ) > ) /> > > <cfelseif ( > ListGetAt( ARGUMENTS.ListOne, LOCAL.Index ) NEQ > ListGetAt( ARGUMENTS.ListTwo, LOCAL.Index ) > )> > > <cfset LOCAL.DiffList = ListAppend( > LOCAL.DiffList, > ListGetAt( ARGUMENTS.ListTwo, >LOCAL.Index ) > ) /> > > </cfif> > > </cfloop> > > > <!--- Return the diff list. ---> > <cfreturn LOCAL.DiffList /> ></cffunction> > > >#GetDiff( > "1,2,4", > "1,2,3,4" > )# > > > >..................... >Ben Nadel >Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX7 Developer >www.bennadel.com > >Need ColdFusion Help? >www.bennadel.com/ask-ben/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Joel Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 10:41 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Comparing two arrays or lists > >I have two lists that I want to compare and be able to show the >resulting differences. For example, if my first list has 1,2,3,4 and >the second has 1,2,4,4, I want to be able to output that "3" and "4" are >different. > >What would be the best way of going about this? I applied the >"arrayCompare" UDF from cflib, but it only outputs a bollean for the >entire comparison. I would like to be able to compare on a more >detailed level and output the results. > >Thanks!
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