Gets the last element of a list.
The last element of the list.
ListLast(list
[,delimiters
])
ListGetAt, ListFirst; "Lists" in the ColdFusion Developer's Guide
Parameter |
Description |
---|---|
list |
A list or a variable that contains a list. |
delimiters |
A string or a variable that contains one. Character(s) that separate list elements. The default value is comma. If this parameter contains more than one character, ColdFusion processes each occurrence of each character as a delimiter; you cannot specify a multicharacter delimiter. |
If you use list functions on strings that separated by a delimiter character and a space, a returned list element might contain a leading space; use the trim function to remove leading and trailing spaces from a returned element. For example, consider this list:
<cfset myList = "one hundred, two hundred, three hundred">
To get a value from this list, use the trim function to remove the space before the returned value:
<cfset MyValue = #trim(ListLast(myList)#>
With this usage, the MyValue variable gets the value "three hundred", not " three hundred", and spaces within a list element are preserved.
ColdFusion ignores empty list elements; thus, the list "a,b,c,,,d" has four elements.
<h3>ListFirst, ListLast, and ListRest Example</h3> <!--- Find a list of users who wrote messages ---> <cfquery name = "GetMessageUser" datasource = "cfdocexamples"> SELECT Username, Subject, Posted FROMMessages </cfquery> <cfset temp = ValueList(GetMessageUser.Username)> <p>Before editing the list, it is: <cfoutput>#ValueList(GetMessageUser.Username)#</cfoutput>. <p>(Users who posted more than once are listed more than once.) <!--- Show the first user in the list ---> <p>The first user in the list is: <cfoutput>#ListFirst(temp)#</cfoutput> <p>The rest of the list is: <cfoutput>#ListRest(temp)#</cfoutput>. <p>(Users who posted more than once are listed more than once.) <p>The last user in the list is: <cfoutput>#ListLast(temp)#</cfoutput>