Coldfusion ListToArray and using "==" as a delimiter

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The code: ``` ``` What I expect is an array with two indices what I get is an array with three indices, CF is also splitting at the single equals sign. Is anyone else experiencing this behavior or can explain what is going on?

Accepted Answer

This is expected behaviour. As described in the docs, ListToArray uses single-character delimiters (by default).

One solution is to use split:

```
Temp.split('==')
```

(This is making use of the underlying Java string.split method, which splits a string at every match of a specified regex, and works on all Java-based CFML engines, though produces a Java String Array - which can't be directly manipulated with CF's ArrayAppend and related functions, unless it is first converted. ).

Since you're on CF9, you can also use the new multi-char delimiter flag, by setting the fourth argument to true:

```
ListToArray(Temp,'==',false,true)
```

Coldfusion ListToArray and using "==" as a delimiter

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