getToken

Determines whether a token of the list in the delimiters
parameter is present in a string.
Returns the token found at position index of the string, as a
string. If index is greater than the number of tokens in the
string, returns an empty string.

getToken(string, index [, delimiters]) → returns string

Argument Reference

String string
Required

index numeric
Required

delimiters string
Default: ,

Examples
Sample code invoking the getToken function

In the following example, the function call requests element number 2 from the string, using the delimiter '[:;".'

<cfoutput>
<cfset mystring = "four," & #chr(32)# & #chr(9)# & #chr(10)# & ",five, nine,zero:;" & #chr(10)# & "nine,ten:, eleven:;twelve:;thirteen," & #chr(32)# & #chr(9)# & #chr(10)# & ",four">
getToken(mystring, 3) is : #getToken(mystring, 3)#
</cfoutput>

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