<cfset myString="This is a Cold Fusion Article">
<cfset initials="">
<cfloop from="1" to="#listlen(myString, " ")#" index="word">
<cfset initials=initials & left(listgetat(myString, word, " "),
1)>
</cfloop>
<cfoutput>#initials#</cfoutput>
HTH
Ryan Edgar
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward McDermott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 21 March 2002 16:22
To: CF-Talk
Subject: String Magic: Extract initial character of words in a string
I want to be able to take a string, for example a journal article title,
and
parse out just the initial characters of each word. For example: "This
is a
Cold Fusion Article" becomes "TIACFA". Thanks in advance.
Ed
Edward J. McDermott
Systems Librarian
Robert H. Goddard Library
Clark University
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Worcester, MA 01610
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