[thelist] CF: List Manipulations
Raymond Camden
jedimaster at macromedia.com
Thu Oct 18 08:25:03 CDT 2001
> I was responding to the original post, which read:
>
> : 2) I've been trying to figure out how to get my app to identify what
> : delimits a list. ...
>
> If that is truly what was meant, it's no trivial task. The
> human mind can
> usually look at a string and decide readily if it's pipe
> delimited, comma,
> tab or otherwise delimited. Computers have a little tougher
> time with that
> distinction... hence my reply.
Ah, makes more sense now. Yes, being able to look at a string and
determine possible delimiters sounds like a very complex issue. I still
say CF could do it, but maybe not most programmers. ;)
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