stringEvery

Determines if all elements of a string satisfy a given condition. Will return TRUE is all elements meet the condition, else FALSE.

stringEvery(string,callback) → returns boolean

string.every(callback)

Argument Reference

Original input string to search.

The closure function that is executed for each element in the string. The syntax is callback(element,index,string).

Version 6+ This function is being added in Lucee 6. Similar to structEvery() and arrayEvery().

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Do all letters in the string meet the callback condition?

letters="ZZazz";
callback=function(inp){return inp=="z";}
allZs = StringEvery(letters,callback);
writeOutput(allZs)

Expected Result: NO

Do all letters in the string meet the callback condition?

letters="zzZZz";
callback=function(inp){return inp=="z";}
allZs = letters.every(callback);
writeOutput(allZs)

Expected Result: YES

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