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ListChangeDelims

Changes a list delimiter.

A copy of the list, with each delimiter character replaced by new_delimiter.

List functions

ListChangeDelims(list, new_delimiter [, delimiters ])

ListFirst, ListQualify

Parameter	Description
list	A list or a variable that contains one.
new_delimiter	Delimiter string or a variable that contains one. Can be an empty string. ColdFusion processes the string as one delimiter.
delimiters	A string or a variable that contains one. Character(s) that separate list elements. Default: comma. If this parameter contains more than one character, ColdFusion processes each occurrence of each character as a delimiter.

Parameter

Description

list

A list or a variable that contains one.

new_delimiter

Delimiter string or a variable that contains one. Can be an empty string. ColdFusion processes the string as one delimiter.

delimiters

A string or a variable that contains one. Character(s) that separate list elements. Default: comma.

If this parameter contains more than one character, ColdFusion processes each occurrence of each character as a delimiter.

<h3>ListChangeDelims Example</h3>
<p>ListChangeDelims lets you change the delimiters of a list.
<!--- First, query to get some values for our list elements--->
<CFQUERY NAME="GetParkInfo" DATASOURCE="cfsnippets">
SELECT    PARKNAME,CITY,STATE
FROM    Parks
WHERE    PARKNAME LIKE 'BA%'
</CFQUERY>
<CFSET temp = ValueList(GetParkInfo.ParkName)>
<cfoutput>
<p>The original list: <p>#temp#
</cfoutput>
<!--- Change the delimiters in the list --->
<CFSET temp2 = ListChangeDelims(Temp, "|:P|", ",")>
<cfoutput>
<p>After executing the statement 
<strong>ListChangeDelims(Temp, "|:P|", ",")</strong>, 
the updated list: <p>#temp2#
</cfoutput>


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