Trim 1

[theevilone]

Hi,

I have a variable, thumb_xxxxx, that is returned from a db. I want to write something that will remove the first 6 characters, leaving just the xxxxx, that is then processed. Can anyone help.

Thanks in Advance,
Ravi

 

[DeZiner]

#Right(thumb_xxxxxx, 6)#

This will remove the first six characters.

<cfset newText = &quot;#Right(string, count)#&quot;>

DeZiner
Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that amateurs built the Ark.
Professionals built the Titanic

 

[theevilone]

Thanks DeZiner. It worked.

 

[webmigit]

I'll note to actually remove the first six characters from a string of any length..

<CFOUTPUT>#right(string,len(string)-6)#</CFOUTPUT>

Tony Did I help?
Vote!

 

[theevilone]

Thanks Tony.

 

[webmigit]

Thanks for the vote, call it even Did I help?
Vote!

 

[csteinhilber]

One variant that I've found I'm using more and more is to use ColdFusion's list methods in situations like yours.

Somewhere down the road, I may decide that I don't want to use &quot;thumb_&quot; anymore, or perhaps I'll add functionality that requires other similar naming conventions (like &quot;icon_&quot; or &quot;fullsize_&quot;, etc.).

Rather than have to rewrite my parsing code everytime, I treat the string as a list with a custom delimiter, like:

<CFSET myString = &quot;thumb_xxxxx&quot;>
<CFSET secondPart = ListGetAt(&quot;#myString#&quot;,2,&quot;_&quot;)>
<CFOUTPUT>#secondPart#</CFOUTPUT>

of course, a check to make sure ListLen(&quot;#myString#&quot;,&quot;_&quot GT 1 is always nice so you trap any errors.

Just a thought.

Hope it helps,
-Carl

 

[theevilone]

Thanks Carl.