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SpanExcluding

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.

String functions

SpanExcluding(string, set)

GetToken, SpanIncluding

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 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>


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Greg Hamer said on Jan 11, 2004 at 2:39 PM :

In example, should be <form METHOD=POST action = "spanexcluding.cfm">

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