This might be trivia since you already have your answer... but, there is also a pretty good UDF on CFLib.org that handles multi-character delimeters... called Split(). There is also one that will split on RegExp's called RESplit().
Jp On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 11:57 AM, Everett, Al wrote: > <cfset splitme="DATA|C:\temp\test"> > <cfset Variable_1=ListFirst(Variables.splitme,"|")> > <cfset Variable_2=ListRest(Variables.splitme,"|")> > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: FlashGuy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 2:47 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Splitting a variable into two >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I would like to split the following line into two variables. >> My delimiter would be a "|" >> >> DATA|C:\temp\test >> >> variable 1: DATA >> variable 2: C:\temp\test >> >> >> >> >> Jon Gorrono (Gorroño) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer 1400-M Surge II Mediaworks UC Davis A Department of IET Davis, CA 95616 University of California at Davis ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists

