>> There have been a handful ( maybe a half dozen ) >> situations where I found >> the <cftry> was extremely helpful in creating an easily >> human read/writeable >> codeblock where the only alternative I could think of >> would have been a horrible mess of spaghetti code.
> Yes, that is true. There are extenuating circumstances for > most abuses of a language :) Isaac the Butcher of Fusion ... :) > I'm sure you wouldn't even consider doing this: > <cffunction name="factorial" returntype="numeric"> > <cfargument name="n" type="numeric" required="true"/> > <cfif n le 1> > <cfthrow type="result" message="1"/> > <cfelse> > <cftry> > <cfset factorial(n-1)/> > <cfcatch type="result"> > <cfset nfact = n * #cfcatch.message#/> > <cfthrow type="result" message="#nfact#"/> > </cfcatch> > </cftry> > </cfif> > </cffunction> > <cfparam name="url.n" type="numeric" default="5"/> > <cftry> > <cfset factorial(url.n)/> > <cfcatch type="result"> > <cfoutput> > factorial #url.n# is #cfcatch.message# > </cfoutput> > </cfcatch> > </cftry> Of course not... For starters, there are existing UDF's on cflib.org to handle factorials. :P And I'm not certain the syntax is correct, but then it's MX and I haven't gotten to the new version yet, so I wouldn't know. :) > "I can smell your brains!" > -- Mittens the Kitten : > http://www.matazone.co.uk/theotherside.html lol... That's priceless -- most of that stuff is lame, but that first mittens anim. is hillarious... Incidentally, one of the answers from the Magic 8 Ball is "Tell people you can smell their brains, it's a good ice breaker at parties." Isaac Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
