Treat the string as a list with spaces as the delimiter... <CFSET charlist = ""> <CFLOOP list = "#mystring#" index="z" delimiters=" "> <CFSET charlist = charlist + left(z, "1")> </CFLOOP>
<CFOUTPUT>#charlist#</CFOUTPUT> Jeff Garza Lead Developer/Webmaster Spectrum Astro, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spectrumastro.com -----Original Message----- From: Edward McDermott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:22 AM 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 950 Main Street Worcester, MA 01610 (508) 793-7651 (508) 793-8871 [FAX] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com 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
