CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

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:

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 (&#105;&#110;&#102;&#111;&#64;&#116;&#117;&#114;&#110;&#107;&#101;&#121;&#46;&#116;&#111;) 
 * @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>