That's just perfect! Thanks _____
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Shuck Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:00 AM To: Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List Subject: Re: [DFW CFUG] trimming a string to so many words Just a first swag, but how about something like.... <cfset MyString = "your big giant string" /> <cfset CharCount = 0 /> <cfset NewString = "" /> <cfloop list=#MyString# index="i" delimiters=" "> <cfif CharCount + Len(i) LTE 250> <cfset CharCount = CharCount + Len(i) /> <cfset NewString = ListAppend(NewString,i," ") /> <cfelse> <cfbreak /> </cfif> </cfloop> On 1/25/07, Colin Wilson <HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Looking for a suggested resource where I might find how to trim a string to a certain length, but not chop the words.. such that it would be say 250characters, but then go back to the last space. I was thinking of just a rtrim, but wasn't sure if there was a better way? Thanks Colin -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.10/651 - Release Date: 1/24/2007 6:48 PM _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG: HYPERLINK "mailto:[email protected]"[email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: HYPERLINK "http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list"; \nhttp://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives: HYPERLINK "http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/"; \nhttp://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ HYPERLINK "http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/"; \n http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors: HYPERLINK "http://www.HostMySite.com"; \nwww.HostMySite.com HYPERLINK "http://www.teksystems.com/"; \n www.teksystems.com/ -- ~Dave Shuck HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED] HYPERLINK "http://www.daveshuck.com"www.daveshuck.com Where's your Spot? HYPERLINK "http://www.instantspot.com"www.instantspot.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.10/651 - Release Date: 1/24/2007 6:48 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.10/651 - Release Date: 1/24/2007 6:48 PM
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