I'm a bit stumped on this one..
I currently have a string.
Please enter your variable.firstname here
What i would like to do is find the variable.firstname in the string and convert it to be used as #variable.firstname#
Im using CF8, and ive looked at using findNoCase() but the variable.firstname portion can appear anywhere. I am also trying to use this in a Coldfusion Custom Tag as its to simply display the firstname of the user that could be dynamically populated.
I cant use any other functionality to change it IE = variable['firstname] because the variable could be the result of a dynamic variable i pass in and the query for the content will reside within the custom tag.
<cfset yourNewString = replace(yourOldString,'variable.firstname',
'##variable.firstname##', 'all')>
Note the double pound signs.
I cant use any other functionality to change it IE =
variable['firstname] because the variable could be the result of a
dynamic variable i pass in and the query for the content will reside
within the custom tag.
I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're saying here but if you're saying that variables.firstname is coming from another variable and the .firstname is the dynamic part you could still use array notation.
<cfset myName = "Travis">
<cfset yourName = "user125264">
<cfset myCustomVariable = "myName">
<cfoutput>Hi, My name is #variables[myCustomVariable]#. </cfoutput>
<cfset myCustomVariable = "yourName">
<cfoutput>Your name is #variables[MyCustomVariable]#.</cfoutput>
Output: Hi, My name is Travis. Your name is user125264.
If that isn't what you meant, I apologize.
If you're trying to replace variable.firstname with #variables.firstname# and then also get the value of that variable, you'll need to do the replace <cfset yourNewString = replace(yourOldString,'variable.firstname',
'##variables.firstname##', 'all')> and then wrap the resulting string in an evaluate() function (and an inner de() to prevent CF from evaluating everything): <cfset evaluatedString = evaluate(de(yourNewstring))>.
If there are more variables besides variable.firstname that need this kind of translation, you'll need to get into regex with reReplace() to catch them all in one statement. My regex is rusty, so you'll need to Google that bit on your own. ;o)
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I'm exporting a query to an Excel file using cfspeadsheet. It's working and creating the Excel sheet. However, the problem is that one of the columns, ie card_number, contains a 15 digit number, which is displayed like this: 4.5421E+15. Is there a way I can display the full number instead: 4254218068670980 ?
<!--- create manual query for demo --->
<cfset qData = queryNew("")>
<cfset queryAddColumn(qData, "NumericCol", "BigInt",["4254218068670980"])>
<cfset queryAddColumn(qData, "StringCol", "Varchar",["4254218068670980"])>
<cfset queryAddColumn(qData, "DecimalCol", "Decimal",["4254218068670980"])>
<!--- export to file --->
<cfspreadsheet action="write"
filename="c:/path/to/myFile.xls"
query="qData"
overwrite="true">
You need to define and use a format for the cell to show complete number. Below is a sample code snippet for your code:
<cfscript>
theFile=GetDirectoryFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath()) & "new_data.xls";
//Create a new Excel spreadsheet object.
theSheet = SpreadsheetNew("Expenses");
//Set the value a cell.
SpreadsheetSetCellValue(theSheet,"4254218068670980",1,4);
//Set value into another cell.
SpreadsheetSetCellValue(theSheet,"4254218068670980",2,4);
// Define a format class for for number.
longNum=StructNew();
longNum.dataformat = "0";
//Now use this class to format cell
SpreadsheetFormatCell(theSheet,longNum,2,4);
</cfscript>
There are many supported formats available; for a complete list you may check here.
Also, just like SpreadsheetFormatCell you may want to use SpreadsheetFormatColumn or other related functions.
(Too long for comments...)
FWIW, CFSpreadsheet is designed for very simple exports, without a lot of bells and whistles. If you need special formatting, you must use spreadsheet functions instead.
The closest equivalent to your current code is probably the SpreadsheetAddRows(sheet, query) function. It populates a worksheet with the data in the supplied query object. As Viv's answer mentions, you can then format the columns as desired. For example, if you want the value to be treated as text, use {dataformat = "#"}:
<cfscript>
SpreadsheetAddRows(theSheet, qData);
SpreadsheetFormatColumns(theSheet, {dataformat = "#"}, "1-3");
SpreadSheetWrite(theSheet, "c:/path/to/myFile.xls", true);
</cfscript>
As an aside, the examples in the documentation are not always the best or cleanest. Consider them a starting point, rather than using the code exactly "as is" ..
I'm trying to modify existing codes in my ColdFusion application left by previous programmer. I don't understand the meaning of this line of code (the one with question marks):
<cfset Application[#form.username#] = 0> ??????
<cfset Session.loggedin="Yes">
<cfset Session.username="#Trim(Form.username)#">
Maybe I haven't been working with CF long enough to see this syntax so I don't know what this mean.
When setting an application variable I usually use this syntax:
<cfset application.variableName = "some value">
Can someone explain to me what is this ?
Thank you
As well as explicitly stating variable names at "code time" with dot notation, CFML allows one to reference them dynamically at runtime via a string value.
This is done via associative array notation (using square brackets), eg:
myVariableName = "foo";
variables[myVariableName] = "moo"; // equivalent to variables.foo = "moo"
Using coldfusion I would like to write a string to a txt document but it needs to be in a specific format
The code I am using at the moment is:
<!---SET STRING LENGTH FOR EACH--->
<cfset initial = "#LJustify(initial, 35)#">
<cfset lname_final = "#LJustify(lname_final, 35)#">
<cfset accounttype_final = "#LJustify(accounttype_final, 35)#">
<cfset amount_final = "#LJustify(amount_final, 35)#">
<cfset date_final = "#LJustify(date_final, 35)#">
<!---SET TOTAL STRING--->
<cfset total_string = "#initial##lname_final##accounttype_final##amount_final##date_final#">
#accountholder#<br>
#accountnumber#<br>
#accounttype#<br>
#bankname#<br>
#branch#<br>
#amount#<br>
#date#<br>
#initial#<br>
#lname_final#<br />
#accounttype_final#<br>
#amount_final#<br />
#date_final#<br>
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890<br />
#total_string#<br>
When I run the code however it gives me the total_string as:
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
G Sinclair CH 27500 01201212
I would like to achieve the following:
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
GSinclair CH 2750001201212
So I need to space the values a certain amount from each other in a neat format within the txt document
So for example in the txt the rows should look like this:
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
GSinclair CH 2750001201212
DGreen OTH 3456001201212
HRamsbottom SAV 0581620016181
GSmith CC 6326378734827
What is the best way to achieve this, should I loop an empty space depending on the length of each variable within the string or is there and easier way to achieve this?
Thanks in advance
Well you're mixing the concepts of "plain text" (total_string) and "HTML" (the <br>) there. And you seem to be viewing your output in a browser, not in a text editor, because all the padding is there, just how you wanted it. However one of the behaviours of HTML rendering is that sequences of whitespace are collapsed by default. You can prevent this from happening in a browser by wrapping your string in <pre> tags.
However if you're wanting the output to be plain text, you should be saving it as a text document and inspecting it with a text editor, not with a browser.
You can also use the CHR for the tab space (#chr(9)#) to force a text editor to insert a tab. This won't help the browser (they ignore the tab command in general), but it will format the output for you in a text editor.
Use
To make Text in the file as you need.
Like,
#accountholder##LF#
#accountnumber##TAB##TAB##accounttype#
I just spent almost an hour trying to figure out an issue with having a list that would always return an empty string. I was using ListAppend just like one uses ArrayAppend or StructInsert, but apparently ListAppend works differently. What, if any, is the reasoning behind having ListAppend work differently from everything else?
<cfset ListAppend(list, item)>
list = ''
<cfset ArrayAppend(array, item)>
array[1] = item
<cfset StructInsert(struct, 'key', item)>
struct.key = item
Possibly because a list is just a big String. Unlike arrays and structures, Strings are immutable, meaning they cannot be changed. To "append" a new value, you need to create an entirely new String. Arrays and structures are mutable. So you can modify them "in place".
Lists in ColdFusion are just Strings and strings in ColdFusion (and Java) are immutable. They cannot be changed. So ListAppend() must return the a new string with the value instead of modifying the existing string.
<cfset newList = listAppend(oldList, "New Value") />
How would I use use a string function to select everything in a variable after the last "/"
http://domain.com/g34/abctest.html
So in this case I would like to select "abctest.html"
Running ColdFusion 8.
Any suggestions?
Um, a bit strange to give very similar answer within few days, but ListLast looks as most compact and straightforward approach:
<cfset filename = ListLast("http://domain.com/g34/abctest.html","/") />
And yes, IMO you should start with this page before asking such questions on SO.
Joe I'd use the listToArray function, passing the "/" as the delimiter, get the length of the array and get the value in the last slot. See sample below
<cfset str = "http://domain.com/g34/abctest.html"/>
<cfset arr = ListToArray(str,"/","false")/>
<cfset val = arr[ArrayLen(arr)]/>
<cfoutput>#str# : #val#</cfoutput>
produces
http://domain.com/g34/abctest.html : abctest.html