[thelist] ColdFusion - ListToArray using a string rather than a character

[rudy]

>I need to split a long variable (from a textbox) using
>a string (such as ';;;'), but when I use ';;;' in
>ListToArray() function as the delimiter, it splits the
>string where one semicolon exists as well. I need it
>to split only if three semicolon's exist in a row.

hi jon

replace the three consecutive semicolons with a character that you do not
expect to be present in the string, then use that character as your
ListToArray delimiter

  <cfset myarray = ListToArray(ReplaceList(form.text,";;;","^"),"^")>

disclaimer: not tested


rudy