[thelist] CF: List Manipulations

[Raymond Camden]

> 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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