Plenty of things to do here. 1.) Use regular expression. 2.) Treat the string as a list using the "." as a delimiter (e.g.: <cfset name = listFirst(varname,'.')> )
On Nov 7, 2007 11:41 AM, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems so simple, yet I couldn't figure out the answer even after > going through the list and strings functions in the docs for CF 8. > > I want to return the characters in the name of a photo preceding the > period. > > i.e.. If the photo is named "dog.jpg", I want to strip out ".jpg" from the > filename so I can alter the filename and then "reattach" the ".jpg". > > Seems so simple, but I can't figure out how to get it done. > > Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292843 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
