If you do that then your looping into every item. Use the step attribute then you processing will be a lot quicker aswell
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of grant Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 1:42 PM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Inserting line breaks after so many charachters 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? > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > 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/ --- 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/
