ListFindNoCase

Description

Determines the index of the first list element in which a specified value occurs.

Returns

Index of the first list element that contains value. If not found, returns zero. The search is case-insensitive.

See also

ListContains, ListFind

Parameters

Parameter	Description
list	A list or a variable that contains one.
value	Number or string for which to search. The search is case-insensitive.
delimiters	A string or a variable that contains one. Character(s) that separate list elements.
	Default: comma.
	If this parameter contains more than one character, ColdFusion processes each
	occurrence of each character as a delimiter.

Usage

ColdFusion ignores empty list elements; thus, the list "a,b,c,,,d" has four elements.

Example

<!--- Uses ListFind and ListFindNoCase to see if a substring exists in a list -
-->
<form action="./listfind.cfm" method="POST">
   <p>Try changing the case in Leary's last name:
   <br><input type="Text" size="25" name="myString" value="Leary">
   <p>Pick a search type:
      <select name="type">
         <option value="ListFind" selected>Case-Sensitive
         <option value="ListFindNoCase">Case-Insensitive
      </select>
   <input type="Submit" name="" value="Search Employee List">
</form>

<!--- wait to have a string for searching defined --->
<cfif IsDefined("form.myString") and IsDefined("form.type")>

<cfquery name="SearchEmpLastName" datasource="cfsnippets">
   SELECT  FirstName, RTrim(LastName) AS LName, Phone, Department
   FROM    Employees
</cfquery>

<cfset myList = ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.LName)>
<!--- Is this case-sensitive or case-insensitive searching --->
<cfif form.type is "ListFind">
   <cfset temp = ListFind(myList, form.myString)>
      <cfif temp is 0>
         <h3>An employee with that exact last name was not found</h3>
      <cfelse>
         <cfoutput>
         <p>Employee #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.FirstName), temp)#
         #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.LName), temp)#, of the
         #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.Department), temp)# Department,
         can be reached at #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.Phone),
temp)#.
         <p>This was the first employee found under this case-sensitive last name
         search.
         </cfoutput>
      </cfif>
      <cfelse>
         <cfset temp = ListFindNoCase(myList, form.myString)>
         <cfif temp is 0>
            <h3>An employee with that exact last name was not found</h3>
         <cfelse>
            <cfoutput>
            <p>Employee #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.FirstName), temp)#
            #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.LName), temp)#, of the
            #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.Department), temp)#
Department,
            can be reached at #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.Phone),
temp)#.
            <p>This was the first employee found under this case-insensitive last
            name search.
         </cfoutput>
      </cfif>
   </cfif>
</cfif>