I got this response from Tony and it seems to do the trick for me, as do some of these other response. Thanks for all your quick help.
Ed McDermott -----Original Message----- From: Anthony DeStefano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:31 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: String Magic: Extract initial character of words in a string <cfset strMyString = "This is a Cold Fusion Article"> <cfset strNew = ""> <cfloop index="x" list="#strMyString#" delimiters=" "> <cfset strNew = strNew & ucase(left(x,1))> </cfloop> <cfoutput>#strNew#</cfoutput> -----Original Message----- From: Edward McDermott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:22 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] ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. 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
