listSome

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

listSome(list, closure [, delimiter] [, includeEmptyFields] [, multiCharacterDelimiter] [, parallel] [, maxThreads]) → returns boolean

Member Function Syntax

list.listSome(closure [, delimiter] [, includeEmptyFields] [, multiCharacterDelimiter] [, parallel] [, maxThreads])

This function requires Lucee. Not supported on Adobe ColdFusion, etc.

listSome Argument Reference

list string
Required

string list to iterate

Alias: string

closure function
Required

function/closure that implements the following constructor [function(any value, numeric index,string list, string delimiter):boolean].

Alias: function, callback, udf

Callback parameters:

value* any : current value from the list
index* numeric : position in the list
list* string : string list to iterate
delimiter* string : delimiter used to separate the string list

delimiter string
Default: `,`

delimiter used to separate the string list

includeEmptyFields boolean
Default: `false`

include empty fields or not

multiCharacterDelimiter boolean
Default: `true`

specifying whether the delimiters parameter specifies a multi-character delimiter. If this parameter is true, the delimiters parameter must specify a single delimiter consisting of multiple characters. This parameter enables the ListToArray function to convert a list to an array of color names

parallel boolean
Default: `false`

execute closures parallel

maxThreads numeric
Default: `20`

maximum number of threads executed, ignored when argument "parallel" is set to false

Links more information about listSome

Map, Reduce and other Higher Order Functions - A Primer for map, reduce, filter, and Higher Order Functions in general.

Examples
Sample code invoking the listSome function

List contains some.

Take a string list and see if some elements match a given predicate.

var fruitList = arrayToList(["apple", "mango", "orange", "pear"], ",");
writeOutput(listSome(fruitList, function(fruit) {
	return findNoCase("n", fruit);
}, ","));

Expected Result: true

listSome

Member Function Syntax

listSome Argument Reference

list string Required

closure function Required

Callback parameters:

delimiter string Default: ,

includeEmptyFields boolean Default: false

multiCharacterDelimiter boolean Default: true

parallel boolean Default: false

maxThreads numeric Default: 20