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Description:
Returns the Chinese Zodiac animal corresponding to the given year of birth. Takes any year, positive or negative. All years will be taken at face value, for example 73 will be the year 73 A.D., not 1973.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfoutput>
ChineseZodiac(69) = #ChineseZodiac(69)#<br>
ChineseZodiac(1969) = #ChineseZodiac(1969)#<br>
ChineseZodiac(1973) = #ChineseZodiac(1973)#<br>
ChineseZodiac(1976) = #ChineseZodiac(1976)#<br>
ChineseZodiac(-1200) = #ChineseZodiac(-1200)#<br>
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<cfscript>
/**
 * Returns the Chinese Zodiac animal corresponding to the given year of birth.
 * 
 * @param yyyy 	 Year (in the format yyyy) you want the Chinese Zodiac animal for. 
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Sierra Bufe (&#115;&#105;&#101;&#114;&#114;&#97;&#64;&#98;&#114;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#116;&#101;&#114;&#102;&#117;&#115;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;) 
 * @version 1, December 3, 2001 
 */
function ChineseZodiac(yyyy) {
  var Animals = ListToArray("Monkey,Chicken,Dog,Pig,Mouse,Ox,Tiger,Rabbit,Dragon,Snake,Horse,Sheep");
  return Animals[(yyyy MOD 12) + 1];	
}
</cfscript>