It worked great! Thanks to all the responded. Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:20 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: parsing user input to get count Because you're allowing users to enter ranges, you will probably have to loop over the input list and parse out the ranges, manually counting each element. For example: <CFPARAM NAME="FORM.numList" DEFAULT=""> <CFSET count = 0> <CFLOOP LIST="#FORM.numList#" INDEX="currEle"> <CFIF Find("-", currEle) EQ 0> <!--- not a rnage, increment by 1 ---> <CFSET count = count + 1> <CFELSE> <!--- range, determine range elements ---> <CFSET beginNum = Trim(GetToken(currEle, 1, "-"))> <CFSET endNum = Trim(GetToken(currEle, 1, "-"))> <CFSET count = count + (endNum - beginNum) + 1> </CFIF> </CFLOOP> <CFOUTPUT>There were #count# numbers entered.</CFOUTPUT> -- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 625-9191 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Do [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: parsing user input to get count > > > I have a text field that I allow users to input data as follows: > > 1,2,5-9 > > Basically it is a coma delmited list with a range. Whats the best way to > get a count... in this case I'd need to return 7 > > Thanks in advance... > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
