try this -
<cfset filename = "somefilename.txt" >
<cfset dotposition = find('.',filename,1)>
<cfset stripfilename = left(filename,(dotposition - 1) )>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
</head>
<body>
<cfoutput>
#filename#<br>
#dotposition#<br>
#stripfilename#<br>
</cfoutput>
</body>
</html>
good luck,
Alexander Sicular
Technical Director, Information Technology
The Neurological Institute of New York
Columbia University
212.305.1318
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message-----
From: Chad Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:56 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: trim a string variable
Is there a way to trim a string like : file.jpg
to : file
(aka knock off the last 4 characters)
<cfset newfilename = #left(File.ServerFile,4)#> Does not work because the
name of the file in the database could be longer then 4 characters
Is there a function that im missing to trim off the last 4 characters of a
variable?
Thanks
Chad
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