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acronym(sTerms)

Last updated May 20, 2005

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

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Description:
Takes a full string of words as input then converts it for proper display in the html <acronym> tag. That way you see the acronym but in most browsers you can put your mouse over the acronym to display it's full meaning. I often see acronyms used in Blogs.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfoutput>I love #acronym( "Hyper Text Markup Language" )#.</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required
sTerms	String to modify.	Yes

Full UDF Source:

	
	<cfscript>
/**
 * Pass in a set of words to only display it's acronym.
 * 
 * @param sTerms      String to modify. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Jordan Clark (JordanClark@Telus.net) 
 * @version 1, May 20, 2005 
 */
function acronym(sTerms) {
    return '<acronym title="' & sTerms & '">' & trim( reReplaceNoCase( " " & sTerms & " ", "(\w)\w+\s", "\1", "all" ) ) & '</acronym>';
}
</cfscript>