> Also, don't forget that list functions ignore empty > delimiters (by default), so can just do: > > <cfset FirstNumber = ListFirst( CurrentLine , 'x_' ) > />
Quite possibly. But only if the value of "x" is known and is not repeated elsewhere within the string. Otherwise the results might be unpredictable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:346552 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
