no need to convert it to a array (I was trying to go that route but keeping it a list works fine too)
<cfset params = listgetat(FORM.some_url,2,"?") /> <cfset chapter_id = 0 /> <cfloop list="#params#" delimiters="&" index="i" > <cfif find("chapter_id=", i)> <cfset chapter_id = listgetat(i, 2, "=") /> </cfif> </cfloop> <cfdump var="#chapter_id#" /> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Greg Morphis <gmorp...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm sure there are several ways to do this > <cfset FORM.some_url = " > http://somesite.com/some_display.cfm?some_id=4184&chapter_id=12120&passage_id=40099 > "/> > <cfset params = listgetat(FORM.some_url,2,"?") /> > <cfset p = listtoarray(params,"&" ) /> > <cfset chapter_id = 0 /> > <cfloop array="#p#" index="i" > > <cfif find("chapter_id=", i)> > <cfset chapter_id = listgetat(i, 2, "=") /> > </cfif> > </cfloop> > <cfdump var="#chapter_id#" /> > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:28 AM, morchella > <morchella.delici...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> hey guys! >> i could use a liitle help. i am trying to get a specific value. in this >> example "chapter_id" >> ListgetAt could work, but the returned form url cold have the value in a >> different oposition at any time. >> i thought i could use a delimiter specifiying ,"chapter_id=" but that >> dosnt >> seem to work. >> >> <cfset FORM.some_url = " >> >> http://somesite.com/some_display.cfm?some_id=4184&chapter_id=12120&passage_id=40099 >> " >> /> >> <cfset getChapterId = trim(ListLast(FORM.some_url,"chapter_id="))> >> <cfset Param2 = ListGetAt(FORM.some_url,2,"&")> >> >> Param2: chapter_id=12120 << << Right, but only some times. >> getChapterId: 40099 << << Wrong >> >> thanks a bunch. >> i googled every thing from listtoarray to <cfdump >> var="#getPageContext().getRequest().getParameterValues('FORM.some_url')#"> >> Which dosnt seem to gel with cf7!! >> thanks a bunch for clear out the cob webs this am.. >> -m >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353173 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm