Ok, nevermind. A quick look into my programming cf mx book after I sent this email mentioned that creating a variable with the period notation will automatically create a structure.
thanks, Mike Mike Soultanian wrote: > I am a little bit confused about declaring a structure. Take a look at > the following: > > <cfset name.first = "mike" /> > <cfset name.last = "soultanian" /> > > Assuming that I never explicitly declared "name" as a struct, is the > preceding code segment valid? If I then do a <cfdump var="#name#" /> it > will say that it's a struct, even though I didn't actually declare it > using structnew(). > > The reason I ask is because I have noticed, especially in CFCs, that > coders will use variables.instance.<variable names> without ever > declaring variables.instance as a structure. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > Mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220072 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
