ListGetAt

Description

Returns the element at a given position.

Syntax

ListGetAt(list, position [, delimiters ])

Parameters

Parameter

Description

list
List whose element to retrieve

position
Positive integer; position of the element to retrieve

delimiters
Set of delimiters used in list

Parameter	Description
list	List whose element to retrieve
position	Positive integer; position of the element to retrieve
delimiters	Set of delimiters used in list

Usage

The first position in a list is denoted by the number 1, not 0.

Note

ColdFusion ignores empty list elements; thus, a list that is defined as "a,b,c,,,d" is treated as a four element list.

Example

<!--- This example shows ListGetAt and ListLen --->
<html>
<head>
<title>ListGetAt Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<H3>ListGetAt Example</H3>
<!--- Find a list of users who wrote messages --->
<cfquery name = "GetMessageUser" datasource = "cfsnippets">
SELECT  Username, Subject, Posted
FROM  Messages
</cfquery>
<cfset temp = ValueList(GetMessageUser.Username)>
<!--- loop through the list and show it with ListGetAt --->
<H3>This list of usernames who have posted messages numbers
<cfoutput>#ListLen(temp)#</cfoutput> users.</H3>
<UL>
<CFLOOP From = "1" To = "#ListLen(temp)#" INDEX = "Counter">
  <cfoutput><LI>Username #Counter#: #ListGetAt(temp, Counter)#
  </cfoutput>
</CFLOOP>
</UL>
</body>
</html>