crap i wasn't finished
<cfset insertpoint = 50>
<cfloop on the String>
<cfset string = insert("<br>", String, insertpoint)>
<cfset insertpoint = insertpoint + 50>
</cfloop>
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:40:45 +1100, grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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?
> > > >
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