one could also <cfset insertpoint = 50> <cfloop on the String>
</cfloop> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:25:18 +1100, Steve Onnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Give this ago > Just wrote it so haven't tested it, but looks like it would work > > <!--- The paragraph ---> > <cfset para = "this is some text that would be your string. the string would > then have a <br> tag inserted after ever 50th > space. this string prolly wont be long enouhg but you try it out."> > <!--- split the string into an array using the spaces as the deilimiter ---> > <cfset arr = listToArray(para, " ")> > <!--- loop over the array using 50 as the step, that we wont need to loop > over every element ---> > <cfloop from="1" to="#arrayLen(arr)#" index="i" step="50"> > <!--- insert a line break at the end of every 50th array element ---> > <cfset arr[i] = arr[i] & "<br>"> > </cfloop> > <!--- convert the array back into a string using the spaces as the delimiter > again ---> > <cfset str = arrayToList(arr, " ")> > <!--- output the string ---> > <cfoutput>#str#</cfoutput> > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 10:33 AM > To: CFAussie Mailing List > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Inserting line breaks after so many charachters > > Cool, I'll have a crack. I know what you mean. As it is, I barely had > time for Transformers this morning. ;) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil > Evans > Sent: Saturday, 29 January 2005 10:16 AM > To: CFAussie Mailing List > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Inserting line breaks after so many charachters > > Sorry chad - haven't got time to do the coding for you - if I had the > time I wouldn't be working on a Saturday! > > Check help for cfloop (Conditional loop), left(), reverse() and > replace() functions. > > HTH > Phil. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CFAussie Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 10:11 AM > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Inserting line breaks after so many charachters > > > Thanks Phil, my fellow Saturday fellow. So how would this look in > > code? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil > > Evans > > Sent: Saturday, 29 January 2005 9:30 AM > > To: CFAussie Mailing List > > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Inserting line breaks after so many > > charachters > > > > > > Just a thought - > > > > Assuming you wanted to have the <br> at 50 characters or before, you > > could break the string up into the chunks of 50, then for each chunk, > > use the reverse function, then replace " " with <br> (by default does > > only the first one), then reverse it again. > > > > Cheers, > > Phil. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CFAussie Mailing List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 9:23 AM > > Subject: [cfaussie] Inserting line breaks after so many charachters > > > > > > > Bit of weekend programming here... > > > > > > How would I go about inserting <br> into a string after so many > > > charactrers without breaking up a word? > > > > > > > > > --- > > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To > > unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To > unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
