i found this solution on the web <cfset list = "1,2,3,,5,,,,9,10"> <cfset counter = 0>
<cfoutput> <cfloop index="thisElement" list="#replace( list, ',', ', ', 'All' )#" delimiters=","> <cfset counter = counter + 1> Element #counter#: #trim( thisElement )#<br> </cfloop> <br><br> #counter# </cfoutput> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:293774 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

