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SpanIncluding
Description
Gets characters from a string
,
from the beginning to a character that is not in a specified set of
characters. The search is case-sensitive.
Returns
A string; characters from string
,
from the beginning to a character that is not in set .
Category
String functions
Function syntax
SpanIncluding ( string , set )
See also
GetToken
,
SpanExcluding
; “Caching parts of ColdFusion pages”in Chapter 13, “Designing and
Optimizing a ColdFusion Application,” in ColdFusion MX Developer’s Guide
Parameters
Example
<h3>SpanIncluding Example</h3>
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.myString")>
<p>Your string was <cfoutput>#FORM.myString#</cfoutput>
<p>Your set of characters was <cfoutput>#FORM.mySet#</cfoutput>
<p>Your string, until the characters in the set have been found, is:
<cfoutput>#
SpanIncluding(FORM.myString, FORM.mySet) #</cfoutput>
</cfif>
<p>Returns characters of a string, from beginning to a character
that is not in set. The search is case-sensitive.
<form action = "spanincluding.cfm" method="post">
<p>Enter a string:
<br><input type = "Text" name = "myString" value = "Hey, you!">
<p>And a set of characters:
<br><input type = "Text" name = "mySet" value = "ey,H">
<br><input type = "Submit" name = "">
</form>
Parameter Description
string A string or a variable that contains the search string.
set A string or a variable that contains a set of characters. Must contain one or more
characters.