> Dave, if this is the case (which I don't doubt), then why
> will this work:
>
> <cfset first_list="apple,banana,pomegranite,kiwi fruit,ocelot">
> <!--- comma delimiter --->
> <cfoutput>#first_list#</cfoutput><br>
>
> <cfset new_list = listchangedelims(first_list, ", ")>
> <!--- comma space delimter --->
> <cfoutput>#new_list#</cfoutput>
>
> Granted if you perform a listgetat on the new_list with
> delims as ", " eg: <cfset kiwivar = listgetat(new_list, 4, ", ")>
> it will only pick up 'kiwi' and not 'kiwi fruit' as it uses
> the space as an optional delimiter rather than space comma,
> but isn't it odd that the change delims works?
I don't know why that function works the way that it does, but my guess is
that it's essentially just a type of Replace function.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
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