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 in Designing and Optimizing a ColdFusion Application in ColdFusion MX 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>