Gets characters from a string, from the beginning to a character that is in a specified set of characters. The search is case-sensitive.
A string; characters from string, from the beginning to a character that is in set.
SpanExcluding(string
,set
)
GetToken, SpanIncluding; "Caching parts of ColdFusion pages" 35 in the ColdFusion Developer's Guide
Parameter |
Description |
---|---|
string |
A string or a variable that contains one |
set |
A string or a variable that contains one. Must contain one or more characters |
<h3>SpanExcluding 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 up until one of the characters in the set is: <cfoutput>#SpanExcluding(FORM.myString, FORM.mySet)#</cfoutput> </cfif> <p>Returns all characters from string from beginning to a character from the set of characters. The search is case-sensitive. <form method = post action = "spanexcluding.cfm"> <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"> <br><input type = "Submit" name = ""> </form>