how do you limit the amount of words outputted

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November 10, 2008
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I'm having a difficult time figuring out how to limit the amount of words to be outputted. I have code that limits the amount of characters output but I can't figure out how to limit the amount of words to be output.

here's the code to limit the amount of characters output.

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Correct answer xstortionist

http://www.cflib.org/index.cfm?event=page.udfbyid&udfid=130

this is the answer I was looking for.

Thank you all! I greatly appreciate it!

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xstortionistAuthorCorrect answer

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http://www.cflib.org/index.cfm?event=page.udfbyid&udfid=130

this is the answer I was looking for.

Thank you all! I greatly appreciate it!

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Dan_Bracuk

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google "<cfloop>". The 1st offering should be the section of the cfml reference manual you want. Look up the part where it says loop through a list.

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Newsgroup_User

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This looks even better for your solution:

http://www.cflib.org/udf/FullLeft

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"Ken Ford - *ACE*" <newsgroups2@fordwebs.com> wrote in message
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> This works pretty good:
>
> http://www.cflib.org/index.cfm?event=page.udfbyid&udfid=130
>
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> Ken Ford
> Fordwebs, LLC
> Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver/ColdFusion
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> Adobe Certified Expert - ColdFusion 8
> http://www.fordwebs.com
> http://www.cfnoob.com
>
>
> "xstortionist" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:gf9gui$65k$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> I'm having a difficult time figuring out how to limit the amount of words
>> to be
>> outputted. I have code that limits the amount of characters output but I
>> can't
>> figure out how to limit the amount of words to be output.
>>
>> here's the code to limit the amount of characters output.
>>
>>
>>
>> <CFIF LEN(aroundtown) gt 725>
>> <CFSET aroundtown2 = LEFT(aroundtown,725)>
>> </CFIF>
>>
>

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Newsgroup_User

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This works pretty good:

http://www.cflib.org/index.cfm?event=page.udfbyid&udfid=130

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Ken Ford
Fordwebs, LLC
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver/ColdFusion
Adobe Certified Expert - Dreamweaver CS3
Adobe Certified Expert - ColdFusion 8
http://www.fordwebs.com
http://www.cfnoob.com

"xstortionist" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:gf9gui$65k$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> I'm having a difficult time figuring out how to limit the amount of words
> to be
> outputted. I have code that limits the amount of characters output but I
> can't
> figure out how to limit the amount of words to be output.
>
> here's the code to limit the amount of characters output.
>
>
>
> <CFIF LEN(aroundtown) gt 725>
> <CFSET aroundtown2 = LEFT(aroundtown,725)>
> </CFIF>
>

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Dan_Bracuk

Inspiring

Treat your string as a space delimited list and output the number of elements you want.