StringSome

Description

This function calls a given closure/function with every element in a given string and returns true, if one of the closure calls returns true.

Returns

Boolean

Syntax

StringSome(inputString, callback)

StringSome(inputString, callback)

History

ColdFusion (2021 release): Added in this release.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
inputString	(Required) The string to iterate.
callback	(Optional) Function that encapsulates the criteria.

Example

myString="123456789";

callback=function(num){

return num>53

}

writeOutput(StringSome(myString,callback)) // YES

</cfscript>

<cfscript> myString="123456789"; callback=function(num){ return num>53 } writeOutput(StringSome(myString,callback)) // YES </cfscript>

<cfscript> 
    myString="123456789"; 
    callback=function(num){ 
        return num>53 
    } 
    writeOutput(StringSome(myString,callback)) // YES 
</cfscript>

Example 2

myString="Hello"

// define callback

callback=x=>x >= 'a'

writeOutput(StringSome(myString,callback)) // YES

// define another callback

callback_1=x=>x >= 'z'

writeOutput(StringSome(myString,callback_1)) // NO

</cfscript>

<cfscript> myString="Hello" // define callback callback=x=>x >= 'a' writeOutput(StringSome(myString,callback)) // YES // define another callback callback_1=x=>x >= 'z' writeOutput(StringSome(myString,callback_1)) // NO </cfscript>

<cfscript> 
    myString="Hello" 
    // define callback 
    callback=x=>x >= 'a' 
    writeOutput(StringSome(myString,callback)) // YES 
    // define another callback 
    callback_1=x=>x >= 'z' 
    writeOutput(StringSome(myString,callback_1)) // NO 
</cfscript>

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