SPANEXCLUDING |
Description Gets characters from a string, from the beginning to a character that is in a specified set of characters. The search is case-sensitive.
Returns A string; characters from string, from the beginning to a character that is in set.
Category String functions
Function syntax
    SpanExcluding(string, set)
See also GetToken, SpanIncluding; "Caching parts of ColdFusion pages" in Chapter 13, "Designing and Optimizing a ColdFusion Application," in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide
Parameters
Example
    <h3>SpanExcluding Example</h3>

    <cfif IsDefined("FORM.myString")>
    <p>Your string was <cfoutput>#FORM.myString#</cfoutput>
    <p>Your set of characters was <cfoutput>#FORM.mySet#</cfoutput>
    <p>Your string up until one of the characters in the set is:
    <cfoutput>#SpanExcluding(FORM.myString, FORM.mySet)#</cfoutput>
    </cfif>

    <p>Returns all characters from string from beginning to a character
    from the set of characters. The search is case-sensitive.

    <form method = post action = "spanexcluding.cfm">
    <p>Enter a string:
    <br><input type = "Text" name = "myString" value = "Hey, you!">
    <p>And a set of characters:
    <br><input type = "Text" name = "mySet" value = "Ey">
    <br><input type = "Submit" name = "">
    </form>

STRING |

A string or a variable that contains one

SET |

A string or a variable that contains one. Must contain one or more characters