Separating a string from a form box into individual Characters and display

I can summarize your data in a few lines, as follows:

<cfset box=arrayNew(1)>

<cfset box[1]={A:"2##",B:"22##",C:"222##",D:"3##",E:"33##",F:"333##",G:"4##",H:"44##",I:"444##",J:"5##",K:"55##",L:"555##",M:"6##",N:"66##",O:"666##",P:"7##",Q:"77##",R:"777##",S:"7777##",T:"8##",U:"88##",V:"888##",W:"9##",X:"99##",Y:"999##",Z:"9999##"}>

<cfloop index="n" from="2" to="12">

    <cfset box=duplicate(box[1])>

</cfloop>

I then tested by simulating a posted form:

<cfparam name="form.box1" default="N">

<cfparam name="form.box2" default="E">

<cfparam name="form.box3" default="L">

<cfparam name="form.box4" default="S">

<cfparam name="form.box5" default="O">

<cfparam name="form.box6" default="N">

<cfoutput>

    #box[1][form.box1]#<br>

    #box[2][form.box2]#<br>

    #box[3][form.box3]#<br>

    #box[4][form.box4]#<br>

    #box[5][form.box5]#<br>

    #box[4][form.box6]#

</cfoutput>

Don't know if you've been reading any of my suggestions, but I wrote something that does what I suggested.  In case you find it helpful, or anyone else.

Conversion Struct<br />
<cfset application.conversionStruct = {} /><cfset variables.thisName = "Nelson" />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'A','2##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'B','22##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'C','222##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'D','3##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'E','33##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'F','333##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'G','4##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'H','44##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'I','444##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'J','5##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'K','55##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'L','555##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'M','6##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'N','66##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'O','666##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'P','7##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'Q','77##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'R','777##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'S','7777##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'T','8##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'U','88##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'V','888##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'W','9##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'X','99##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'Y','999##') />
<cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'Z','9999##') />
<cfloop index="idx" from="1" to="#len(variables.thisName)#" step="1">
     <cfdump var="#mid(variables.thisName,idx,1)# = #StructFindKey(application.conversionStruct,mid(variables.thisName,idx,1),'one')[1].value#" />
</cfloop>

V/r,

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Here's a thought.  A STRUCT!

<cfif NOT StructKeyExists(application.conversionStruct)>
    <cfset application.conversionStruct = {} />
    <cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'A','2#') />
    <cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'B','22#') />
    <cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'C','222#') />
    <cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'D','3#') />
    <cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'E','33#') />
...  one for each letter..
    <cfset StructInsert(application.conversionStruct,'Z','9999#') />
</cfif>

Put the above code into your application.cfc file so it will be available application wide.

Then create a function that will StructFindKey() each letter of the last name and return the value of that key.

Then just iterate through each letter of the last name calling that function and sending the letter to it.  Voila.

HTH,

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BTW.. this: <cfif '#form.box1#' EQ "A">

Would be slightly more efficient if you typed it as: <cfif form.box1 EQ "A">

The hashtags are only needed for direct-to-screen output, or for inside strings, which you don't need string to reference a form scope variable (or any scope, really.)

HTH,

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Ah.. almost as if it were being texted on a not-smart phone?

Yeah, you can make one input type="text" to enter the last name and use left() and mid() to iterate each letter in the last name.  But using that huge IF/ELSE statement.. IDK.. there has to be a better way.  I suppose you could put all that into a CFC function and send each letter to the function which will then return the number.  Still inefficient and painful, but feasible.

I'll keep thinking on this.

V/r,

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