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removeNullAndDangleDelimFromList(lst [, delim])

Last updated March 7, 2010

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Version: 0 | Requires: ColdFusion 5 | Library: StrLib

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Description:
This is the simplest way to remove null element and dangle delimiter from the given list.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

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<cfset List1 = '1,2,,CF,,Oracle,Sql,,7,'>
<cfoutput>
	#List1#<br />
	#removeNullAndDangleDelimFromList(List1,',')#	
</cfoutput>

<cfset List1 = '1,2,,CF,,Oracle,Sql,,7,'>
<cfoutput>
#List1#<br />
#removeNullAndDangleDelimFromList(List1,',')#
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required
lst	list to remove null elements and dangling delimiter	Yes
delim	list delimiter, defaults to comma ","	No

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			<cfscript>
/**
 * Remove null element and dangel delimiter from the list
 * 
 * @param lst 	 list to remove null elements and dangling delimiter (Required)
 * @param delim 	 list delimiter, defaults to comma "," (Optional)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Bharat Patel (&#98;&#104;&#97;&#114;&#97;&#116;&#64;&#105;&#115;&#117;&#109;&#109;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;) 
 * @version 0, March 7, 2010 
 */
function removeNullAndDangleDelimFromList(lst){
	var listDelim=",";
	if (arraylen(arguments) gt 1)
		listDelim=arguments[2];
	return ArrayToList(ListToArray(arguments.lst,listDelim));
}
</cfscript>
		<cfscript>
/**
 * Remove null element and dangel delimiter from the list
 * 
 * @param lst      list to remove null elements and dangling delimiter (Required)
 * @param delim      list delimiter, defaults to comma "," (Optional)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Bharat Patel (bharat@isummation.com) 
 * @version 0, March 7, 2010 
 */
function removeNullAndDangleDelimFromList(lst){
    var listDelim=",";
    if (arraylen(arguments) gt 1)
        listDelim=arguments[2];
    return ArrayToList(ListToArray(arguments.lst,listDelim));
}
</cfscript>