Shannon, There is likely a speed difference because CF does not have to introspect and evaluate the string any further with the second option... but I would say you would need a really really long string to see the difference :)
Still, I'd have to say I favor the second in most cases. I only use the first when I have a lengthy strting in cfscript and most of the string is constant. The second approach is semantically descriptive of what is actually going on here (a concat operation)... so I like to see that in my code. I don't really have any objection to the former approach however so I'd say that yes it is mostly a style difference. I would also have to say that the first approach is kind of how cfsavecontent works and I use that all the time for XML or content etc. -Mark Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG (402) 408-3733 ext 105 Skype: markakruger www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com -----Original Message----- From: Shannon Rhodes [mailto:shan...@rhodesedge.com] Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 8:10 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Concantenate vs Pound Signs within Quotes Is it merely a stylistic difference between <cfset myvar = "What do you think of #this#?" /> and <cfset myvar = "What do you think of " & this & "?" /> Or is there a speed advantage to the latter which cancels out any increased readability in the former? Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340347 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
