If you think of your string "file.jpg" as a list made up of two strings
"file" and "jpg" delimited by the period, you can do this:
<cfset filename = ListFirst(file.jpg, ".")>
<cfoutput>#filename#</cfoutput> ==> will give you "file"
HTH,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chad Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:56 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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