CFLib.org – cfStringFormat

cfStringFormat(mystring)

Last updated May 9, 2003

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

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Description:
escapse all double-quotes and pound symbols in a string and replaces all ascii non-printing characters with a #chr(x)# equivalent

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfset str = "<cfset x = " & "##z## plus hello"">">
<cfoutput>
str = #htmlEditFormat(str)#<br>
cfStringFormat(str) = #htmlEditFormat(cfstringformat(str))#
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required
mystring	String to format.	Yes

Full UDF Source:

	
	<cfscript>
/**
 * companion to jsstringformat - formats a string for use as a coldfusion literal value
 * 
 * @param mystring      String to format. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Isaac Dealey (info@turnkey.to) 
 * @version 1, May 9, 2003 
 */
function cfStringFormat(mystring) { 
    var x = 0; 
    var npc = ""; 
    var npcc = ""; 

    mystring = rereplacenocase(mystring,"(""|##)","\1\1","ALL"); 
    for (x = 1; x lte 31; x = x + 1) { 
        npc = listappend(npc,chr(x)); 
        npcc = listappend(npcc,"##chr(#x#)##"); 
    } 
    return replacelist(mystring,npc,npcc); 
}
</cfscript>