Parsing a string

[Bachi_Boy]

Hello,

I am writing my first application in ColdFusion. I am having a bit of trouble with the syntax to perform a function. I have a string: "abcdefghij". I would like to break it up into 3 seperate strings: "abc" "def" "ghij", but I can't figure out how to do this. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[Newsgroup_User]

What part are you having trouble with? ColdFusion as all the standard
string manipulation functions found in just about every programming
language.
[ http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Part_3_CFML_Ref_1.html
They will easily do this depending on how exactly you want to do it.

To be nice, I would probably make use of the standard left(), right()
and mid() functions, but that is by no means the only way to skin this
requirement.

[Dan_Bracuk]

google is your freind. to find out how a function works, search on "coldfusion function_name x" where x is the version number. It's optional.

To find out how a tag works, search on "<cfTagName> x".

The functions you need are left(), mid(), right(), and len().

[BKBK]

Have a look at the Coldfusion string functions. You can do your magic with left(), mid(), removeChars() or right().

[Bachi_Boy]

Thanks all, I got it figured out googling it. I am a developer, so the logic I get, it's more or less the syntax changes that I am trying to pick up on. It's an inherited application that had to have mods made to it, and they needed them implemented asap. So, I was just hoping for a push in the right direction, and google helped. 🙂

In case anyone else has the same issue, I did indeed use the right(), left(), mid() functions