Actually, one more version, less ugly: <cfset str = " This is the title of an article. "> <cfset titles = uCase(REReplace(str,"[[:space:]]*([^[:space:]])[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]* ","\1","all"))> <cfoutput>#titles#</cfoutput>
======================================================================= Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:41 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: String Magic: Extract initial character of words > in a string > > > Maybe something along the lines of: > > <cfset final=""> > <cfloop list="#form.entry#" delimiters=" " index="word"> > <cfset final = listappend(final, UCase(left(word, 1))) > </cfloop> > > That would give you a comma separated list of each letter > that you could > do any number of things with. > > HTH > Hatton > > Disclaimer: The code presented has NOT be tested for syntax.... gotta > leave you *something* to do. > > Edward McDermott wrote: > > > 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] > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm 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
