Attribute
Looping over a list steps through elements contained in any of these entities:
<cfloop index = "index name" item = "item name" array = "array" characters = "number of characters" delimiters = "item delimiter" file = "absolute path and filename" charset = "a charset to use when reading the file" list = "list items" ... </cfloop>
ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 2: The script variant of cfloop supports iterating over an array, list, and struct.
ColdFusion 8: Added the characters, file, and array attributes.
Attribute |
Required/Optional |
Description |
array |
Required |
The array object. |
index |
Optional. In earlier versions of ColdFusion, this attribute was required. In ColdFusion (2016 release), this attribute is optional. Either item or index is required. |
The current value of the array. |
item |
Optional |
The current element of the array. In ColdFusion (2016 release), you need to use either item or index; or use both the attributes together. |
The following code sample throws an exception, since neither item nor index was used:
<cfset myArray = ["John", "Paul", "George", "Ringo"] > <cfloop array="#myArray#"> <cfoutput>#x# <br/> </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Use the attribute index as shown below:
<cfset myArray = ["John", "Paul", "George", "Ringo"] > <cfloop array="#myArray#" index="idx"> <cfoutput>#idx# <br/> </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Output
John Paul George Ringo
Use the attribute item, as shown below:
<cfset myArray = ["John", "Paul", "George", "Ringo"] > <cfloop array="#myArray#" item="itm"> <cfoutput>#itm# <br/> </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Output
John Paul George Ringo
Use both item and index attributes together, as shown below:
<cfset myArray = ["John", "Paul", "George", "Ringo"] > <cfloop array="#myArray#" item="Beatles" index="name"> <cfoutput>#name# : #Beatles# <br/> </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Output
1 : John 2 : Paul 3 : George 4 : Ringo
A multi-dimensional array is an array of arrays rather than an array of single values.
To read an element from a two-dimensional array, you must first identify the index of the row and then identify the index of the column. For example, the song "Surfer Girl" is in row 3, column 1, so it is identified as aBeachBoysAlbums[3][1].
To loop through a two-dimensional array, you must nest one loop inside of another.
<cfset aBeachBoysAlbums = ArrayNew(2)> <!---Build first album array, Surfin' Safari---> <cfset aBeachBoysAlbums[1][1] = "Surfin' Safari"> <cfset aBeachBoysAlbums[1][2] = "County Fair"> <cfset aBeachBoysAlbums[1][3] = "Ten Little Indians"> <!---Build second album array, Surfin' USA---> <cfset aBeachBoysAlbums[2][1] = "Surfin' USA"> <cfset aBeachBoysAlbums[2][2] = "Farmer's Daughter"> <cfset aBeachBoysAlbums[2][3] = "Miserlou"> <!---Build third album array, Surfer Girl---> <cfset aBeachBoysAlbums[3][1] = "Surfer Girl"> <cfset aBeachBoysAlbums[3][2] = "Catch a Wave"> <cfset aBeachBoysAlbums[3][3] = "The Surfer Moon"> <!---<cfdump var="#aBeachBoysAlbums#" >---> <!--- loop ---> <cfloop from="1" to="#ArrayLen(aBeachBoysAlbums)#" index="i"> <cfoutput> <cfloop from="1" to="#ArrayLen(aBeachBoysAlbums[i])#" index="j"> Album: #i# Song #j#: #aBeachBoysAlbums[i][j]#</br> </cfloop> </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Output
Album: 1 Song 1: Surfin' Safari
Album: 1 Song 2: County Fair
Album: 1 Song 3: Ten Little Indians
Album: 2 Song 1: Surfin' USA
Album: 2 Song 2: Farmer's Daughter
Album: 2 Song 3: Miserlou
Album: 3 Song 1: Surfer Girl
Album: 3 Song 2: Catch a Wave
Album: 3 Song 3: The Surfer Moon
Alternatively, you can use an array of structures and loop through the array to extract the key-value pairs.
For example,
<cfscript> data = [ {code:"USA", count:324459463}, {code:"UK", count:66181585}, {code:"CAN", count:36624199}, {code:"FRA", count:64979548}, {code:"NED", count:17035938}, {code:"GER", count:82114224} ]; </cfscript> <cfloop array="#data#" index="i"> <cfoutput> The population of #i.code#: #i.count#<br> </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Output
The population of USA: 324459463
The population of UK: 66181585
The population of CAN: 36624199
The population of FRA: 64979548
The population of NED: 17035938
The population of GER: 82114224
<cfscript> myArray = ["John", "Paul", "George", "Ringo"]; cfloop(array=myArray, index="idx"){ writeOutput(#idx# & "<br/>"); } </cfscript>
Output
John
Paul
George
Ringo
Attribute |
Required/Optional |
Description |
list |
Required |
List of elements. |
index |
Optional |
The current value of the list. |
item |
Optional |
The current element of the list. In ColdFusion (2016 release), you need to use either item or index; or use both the attributes together. |
Delimiters |
Optional |
Characters that separate list items. |
The following code sample throws an exception, since neither item nor index was used:
<cfset myList="John,Paul|George|Ringo"/> <cfloop list="#myList#" delimiters=",|"> <cfoutput> #name# </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Use the attribute index as shown below. The sample below does not use delimiters attribute.
<cfset myList="John,Paul,George,Ringo"/> <!---Loop through the list with attribute index ---> <cfloop list="#myList#" index="name"> <cfoutput> #name# </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Output
John Paul George Ringo
Use the attribute item as shown below. The sample below does not use delimiters attribute.
<cfset myList="John,Paul,George,Ringo"/> <!---Loop through the list with attribute item ---> <cfloop list="#myList#" item="Beatles"> <cfoutput> #Beatles# </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Output
John Paul George Ringo
You can use both item and index together, as shown below:
<cfset beatles="John,Paul,George,Ringo"/> <!---Loop through the list with attributes item and index ---> <cfloop list="#beatles#" item="name" index="i"> <cfoutput> #i#:#name# </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Delimiters are characters that separate list items. For example,
In the code samples below:
<cfset myList="John,Paul|George|Ringo"/> <!---Loop through the list with attributes index and delimiters ---> <cfloop list="#myList#" index="name" delimiters="|"> <cfoutput> #name# </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Output
John, Paul George Ringo
<cfset myList="John,Paul|George|Ringo"/> <!---Loop through the list with attributes index and delimiters ---> <cfloop list="#myList#" index="name" delimiters=",|"> <cfoutput> #name# </cfoutput> </cfloop>
Output
John Paul George Ringo
<cfscript> myList="1,2,3,4" cfloop(list=myList, index="i", item="j") { writeOutput("index:" & i) writeOutput("item:" & j & "") } </cfscript>
Output
index:1item:1
index:2item:2
index:3item:3
index:4item:4
Attribute |
Required/Optional |
Description |
file |
Required |
The file attribute denotes the absolute path and filename of the text file to read, one line at a time. When reading large text files, you can reuse the value of the index variable, which contains the current line of the file. When the loop completes, ColdFusion closes the file. |
item |
Optional |
Values are line or chars (In ColdFusion 2016). Denotes how the file is read. |
index |
Optional |
In ColdFusion (2016 release), you need to use either item or index; or use both the attributes together. |
character |
Optional |
The attribute denotes the number of characters to read during each iteration of the loop from the file specified in the file attribute. If the value of the characters attribute is more than the number of characters in the file, ColdFusion uses the number of characters in the file. |
charset |
Optional |
Character set to use when reading the file. |
In the code sample below, ColdFusion opens the text file, myfile.txt, reads each character, and displays the first 20 characters (including spaces) during each iteration of the loop.
<cfset myFile="c:\out\myfile.txt"/> <cfloop file="#myFile#" index="i" item="chars" characters="20"> <cfoutput> #i#:#chars#<br /> </cfoutput> </cfloop>
The next sample reads each line of the file, using the index and item attributes.
<cfset myFile="c:\out\myfile.txt"/> <cfloop file="#myFile#" index="i" item="line"> <cfoutput> #i#:#line#<br /> </cfoutput> </cfloop>
When looping in a struct, each item in the struct is referenced by the variable name in the item attribute. The loop executes until all items have been accessed.
Attribute |
Required/Optional |
Description |
collection |
Required |
A struct object. |
item |
Required |
The structure key that is used to iterate through the key-value pairs. The collection attribute is used with the item attribute. |
For example, in the sample below, the item key iterates through each struct item and displays the key-value pair.
<cfscript> Team = {"Marketing" = "John", "Sales" : {"Executive" : "Tom", "Assistant" = "Mike"},"IT":{"Developers":{"Dev1":"Ashley","Dev2"="Jason"}}}; </cfscript> <cfloop collection="#Team#" item="key" > <cfoutput>#Key#:</cfoutput> <cfdump var="#Team[key]#"> <br/> </cfloop>
<cfscript> Team = {"Marketing" = "John", "Sales" : {"Executive" : "Tom", "Assistant" = "Mike"},"IT":{"Developers":{"Dev1":"Ashley","Dev2"="Jason"}}}; cfloop(collection=Team ,item="key"){ writeOutput(#Key# & ":"); writeOutput(#SerializeJSon(Team[key])#); writeOutput("<br/>"); } </cfscript>
Output
Marketing:"John"
IT:{"Developers":{"Dev2":"Jason","Dev1":"Ashley"}}
Sales:{"Executive":"Tom","Assistant":"Mike"}
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