bear in mind the previous suggestions (while not incorrect) will potentially cut off a word in the middle. cflib.org has a few UDFs that will make sure you return whole words.
http://cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=1106 http://cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=832 http://cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=329 .... and more :) On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Steve Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you want: > #Left(ListFirst(string,"."),100)#. > (untested) > > > > Instead of returning say just 100 characters. Is there a way to return > > the first sentence only if its under 100 characters, and if not then > > 100 characters resulting in a cut off string. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
