Use list functions. If the form is _always_ X_Y, then you can do: <cfset first = listFirst(thevariable, "_")> <cfset last = listLast(thevariale,"_")>
On 7/31/07, Seth Kovanic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > I've got a dynamic variable that is created off of an automated > incrementing number, and I need to trim it down to a certain point. > > for example the variable is 12_0,13_1,14_5,... and so on all contained > within a single field within a db. > > I want to build a loop to pull out both the 12 and the 0 in the first > example, then the 13 and the 1....and so on...and store them in two unique > variables I'll setup. I played around with trim and replace, but couldn't > quite get it figured out. > > > This is probably really simple, but haven't been able to figure it out yet. > > Any ideas ? > > Thanks ! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/message.cfm/messageid:2976 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.15
