stringMap

This functions executes the callback function for each element in the string.

stringMap(string,callback) → returns string

string.map(callback)

Argument Reference

Original input string.

The closure function that is executed for each element in the string.

Version 6+ This function is being added in Lucee 6. It is similar to other map functions, like arrayMap().

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Map each element of the string to a new value.

letters="abcdefg";
closure=function(inp){return chr(asc(inp)+7);}
writeOutput(StringMap(letters,closure));

Expected Result: hijklmn

Map each element of the string to a new value.

letters="abcdefg";
closure=function(inp){return chr(asc(inp)+7);}
writeOutput(letters.map(closure));

Expected Result: hijklmn

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