and to further what Larry said.... To just loop over the first 3 items you CFSET a variable called LoopCounter to 0 (zero) before the loop. Then you increment it inside the loop (LoopCounter + 1). When LoopCounter hits 3 you use CFBREAK to break out of the loop.
HTH Bryan Stevenson VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. p. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Juncker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 7:26 AM Subject: RE: Easy way to loop over first x items of long list > Why not CFLOOP? > > <CFLOOP LIST="myList" INDEX="myListItem" DELIMITERS="'"> > <CFOUTPUT>#myListItem#</CFOUTPUT> > </CFLOOP> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Sinclair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:16 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Easy way to loop over first x items of long list > > > If I have a list of 10 items or so (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) and want to > loop over just the first 3 items (for example), what's the easiest way? > I can't find a List function that selects just the first x items of a > list. I can use ListGetAt to select the 1st one, then the 2nd, then the > 3rd, but if I wanted to loop through a large number of items in a long > list, that gets tedious. > > I guess there is probably some List function that does this that I have > just overlooked? > > Thanks, > Paul > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
