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100 Chapter 2: ColdFusion Tags
cfdefaultcase
Description
Used only inside the
cfswitch
tag body. Contains code to execute when the expression specified
in the
cfswitch
tag does not match a of the value specified by a
cfcase
tag.
Category
Flow-control tags
Syntax
<cfdefaultcase>
See also
cfcase
,
cfswitch
; “cfswitch, cfcase, and cfdefaultcase” in Chapter 2, “Elements of CFML,” in
ColdFusion MX Developer’s Guide
History
ColdFusion MX: Changed placement requirements: this tag does not have to follow all
cfcase
tags in the
cfswitch
tag body.
Usage
The contents of the
cfdefaultcase
tag body is executes if the
expression
attribute of the
cfswitch
tag does not match any of the values specified by the
cfcase
tags in the
cfswitch
tag
body. The contents of the
cfdefaultcase
tag body can include HTML and text, and CFML
tags, functions, variables, and expressions.
You can specify only one
cfdefaultcase
tag within a
cfswitch
tag. You can put the
cfdefaultcase
tag at any position within a
cfswitch
statement; it is not required to be the last
item, but it is good programming practice to put it last.
Example
<!--- The following example displays a grade based on a 1-10 score.
Several of the cfcase tags match more than one score.
For simplicity, the example sets the score to 7. --->
<cfset score="7">
<cfswitch expression="#score#">
<cfcase value="10">
<cfset grade="A">
</cfcase>
<cfcase value="9;8" delimiters=";">
<cfset grade="B">
</cfcase>
<cfcase value="7;6" delimiters=";">
<cfset grade="C">
</cfcase>
<cfcase value="5;4;" delimiters=";">
<cfset grade="D">
</cfcase>
<cfdefaultcase>
<cfset grade="F">