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ArrayDeleteAtList(a, l)

Last updated January 21, 2005
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Giampaolo Bellavite                               Giampaolo Bellavite

Version: 1 | Requires: ColdFusion 5 | Library: DataManipulationLib

Description:
Deletes elements from an array passing the list of positions. Similar to ArrayDeleteAt but the position value could be a list of positions.

Return Values:
Returns an array.

Example:

<cfset myArr=ArrayNew(1)>
<cfset myArr[1]="1st">
<cfset myArr[2]="2nd">
<cfset myArr[3]="3rd">
<cfset myArr[4]="4th">
<cfset myArr[5]="5th">
<cfdump var="#myArr#" label="Original array">
<cfset list='1,5'>
To delete: <br />
<cfoutput>#list#</cfoutput><br />
<cfdump var="#ArrayDeleteAtList(myArr,list)#" label="parsedArray">

Parameters:

Name Description Required
a The array to modify. Yes
l The list of indexes to remove. Yes

Full UDF Source:

<cfscript>
/**
* Deletes an elements list from an array.
*
* @param a      The array to modify. (Required)
* @param l      The list of indexes to remove. (Required)
* @return Returns an array.
* @author Giampaolo Bellavite (giampaolo@bellavite.com)
* @version 1, January 21, 2005
*/

function ArrayDeleteAtList(a,l) {
    var i=1;
    l = listSort(l, "numeric", "desc");
    for(i=1; i lte listLen(l); i=i+1) arrayDeleteAt(a, listGetAt(l,i));
    return a;
}
</cfscript>

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