CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Puts line breaks into text to make it appear vertically.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfoutput>#VerticalText("Hello World")#</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<cfscript>
/**
 * Take a string, make it appear vertically.
 * 
 * @param text 	 Text to modify. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Nathan Dintenfass (&#110;&#97;&#116;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#64;&#99;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#103;&#101;&#109;&#101;&#100;&#105;&#97;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;) 
 * @version 1, August 14, 2002 
 */
function VerticalText(text){
	//build an array of the characters in the string
	var arrText = arrayNew(1);
	//a variable for looping
	var ii = 1;
	//the len of the string
	var textLen = len(text);
	//resize the array the length of the string
	arrayResize(arrText,textLen);
	//loop through the length of the string, building the array
	for(ii = 1; ii LTE textLen; ii = ii + 1){
		arrText[ii] = mid(text,ii,1);
	}
	return arrayToList(arrText,"<br />");
}
</cfscript>