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Description:
Excludes all the numerical items inside an one dimensional array returning a new "non numeric" array.

Return Values:
Returns an array.

Example:

<cfset aTest = arrayNew(1) />
<cfset aTest[1] = "Marcos" />
<cfset aTest[2] = "Placona" />
<cfset aTest[3] = 22 />
<cfset aTest[4] = "www.cfdevelopers.com.br">

<cfdump var="#arrayExcludeNumeric(aTest)#">

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<!---
 Excludes numeric items from an array.
 V2 by Raymond Camden
 
 @param aObj 	 Array to filter. (Required)
 @return Returns an array. 
 @author Marcos Placona (&#109;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#111;&#115;&#46;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#99;&#111;&#110;&#97;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;) 
 @version 2, July 6, 2006 
--->
<cffunction name="arrayExcludeNumeric" returntype="array">
	<cfargument name="aObj" type="array" required="Yes">
	<cfset var ii = "">
	
	<!--- Looping through the array --->
	<cfloop to="1" from="#arrayLen(aObj)#" index="ii" step="-1">
		<!--- Checking if it's a number --->
		<cfif isNumeric(aObj[ii])>
			<cfset arrayDeleteAt(arguments.aObj, ii) />
		</cfif>
	</cfloop>
	
	<cfreturn aObj />
</cffunction>