Difference between arrayContains() vs listContains()?

Question

Hello everyone, I'm wondering if anyone can tell me pros/cons of either of these two functions? Which one is preferred and if there is any difference in performance/security, etc? I used arrayContains() thinking it's better/faster for validations some fields on the back end as well as reducing number of lines in situations like this:

<cfif userAccess eq 1>

</cfif>

<cfif userAccess eq 4>

</cfif>

Instead I used this:

<cfif arrayContains([1,4],userAccess)>

</cfif>

Would listFind() or listContains() be better fit in this case or not? Please if anyone have information about the differences let me know. Thank you.

BKBK · Answer

I would go by feel on this one. I would use, by default, if userAccess eq 1. I would go to the trouble of creating a userAccessList or userAccessArray only if there are more than a handful of userAccess values, say, more than 5. I would then do something like arrayContains(userAccessArray,userAccess).

The choice between userAccessList and userAccessArray will depend very much on which one I will be able to reuse elsewhere in the code. After all, you gain performance not at one place but in the software as a whole.

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