Gets characters from a string, from the beginning to a character that is not in a specified set of characters. The search is case-sensitive.
A string; characters from string, from the beginning to a character that is not in set.
SpanIncluding(string, set)
GetToken, SpanExcluding; Caching parts of ColdFusion pagesin Designing and Optimizing a ColdFusion Application in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
|
string |
A string or a variable that contains the search string. |
|
set |
A string or a variable that contains a set of characters. Must contain one or more characters. |
<h3>SpanIncluding 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, until the characters in the set have been found, is:
<cfoutput>#SpanIncluding(FORM.myString, FORM.mySet)#</cfoutput>
</cfif>
<p>Returns characters of a string, from beginning to a character
that is not in set. The search is case-sensitive.
<form action = "spanincluding.cfm" method="post">
<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,H">
<br><input type = "Submit" name = "">
</form>