[thelist] [ColdFusion] parsing text

[Mark M]

Also nothing stoping you from hooking into the java.util.StrikTokenizer class.

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Quoting Scott Brady <evolt at scottbrady.net>:

> Original Message:
> > From: "Kyle Murphy" 
> 
> > =============STAMP: 2004/06/23 14:54:45 MATTHEW  
> > I just called and Confirmed Jane Smiling with Teresa on the 4th. 
> >  
> > =============STAMP: 2004/06/22 15:33:37 MATTHEW  
> > Teresa had already filled the need that Denise just called in. 
> 
> > NoteDate			Note
> > ----------------		---------
> > 2004/06/23 14:54:45	I just called and Confirmed Jane Smiling with
> > Teresa on the 4th.
> > 2004/06/22 15:33:37	Teresa had already filled the need that Denise
> > just called in.
> 
> Off the top of my head:
> 
> This is essentially a "list" with "==========STAMP:" as the delimiter [above,
> there are two elements to the list].  Since I don't think you can actually
> use that string as the delimiter in a CF list, I'd say replace that string
> with a single character you know won't be anywhere else in the text.  I'd
> probably use the "|", but that's not guaranteed to not be there.  Assuming
> you know that won't be in there, I'd first do a:
> 
> ReplaceNoCase(yourString,"=============STAMP:","|","ALL")
> 
> You can then loop over your test, treating as a list with | as the
> delimiter:
> 
> <cfloop list="#yourString#" delimiters="|" index="i">
> 
> Now, each element in that list is ALSO a list delimited by spaces.  The first
> two elements are the date, you ignore the 3rd element, and then rest of the
> elements starting with the 4th are the actual note.
> 
> So, to get those:
> 
> <cfset noteDate = ListGetAt(i,1," ") & " " ListGetAt(i,2," ")>
> <!--- This one is trickier,basically, delete the first 3 elements --->
> <cfset theNote = i>
> <cfloop from="1" to="3" index="j">
>      <cfset theNote = ListDeleteAt(theNote,1," ")>
> </cfloop>
> 
> That gives you the individual notes.  Here's my code all in one block (no
> guarantee it works, as is, but it should):
> 
> NoteDate			Note<br />
> ----------------		---------<br />
> <cfset yourString =
> ReplaceNoCase(yourString,"=============STAMP:","|","ALL")>
> <cfloop list="#yourString#" delimiters="|" index="i">
>      <cfset noteDate = ListGetAt(i,1," ") & " " ListGetAt(i,2," ")>
>      <cfset theNote = i>
>      <cfloop from="1" to="3" index="j">
>           <cfset theNote = ListDeleteAt(theNote,1," ")>
>      </cfloop>
> <cfoutput>
> #variables.noteDate#               #variables.theNote#<br />
> </cfoutput>
> </cfloop>
> 
> ----------------------------
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