CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Pass in Start and End numbers (with options for delim and step increment) and this UDF will generate an Ascending (or descending), ordered delimited list in your step increment.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfoutput>
Basic: #CreateOrderedList(1,10)#<br>
Step Down: #createOrderedList(0,-25,5,"|")#
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Used to create an Ordered Numeric List
 * v2 mods by Raymond Camden
 * 
 * @param st      Start number. (Required)
 * @param end      End number. (Required)
 * @param step      Step value. Defaults to 1. (Optional)
 * @param delim      List delimiter. Defaults to a comma. (Optional)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Mike Gillespie (mike@striking.com) 
 * @version 1, September 28, 2006 
 */
function createOrderedList(st,end) {
    var theList="";
    var delim=",";
    var step=1;

    // 3rd argument sets the step increment
    if(arraylen(arguments) gte 3) step=arguments[3];

    //4th argument sets the delim
    if(arraylen(arguments) eq 4) delim=arguments[4];

    if(st gte end) for(i = st;i gte end;i=i-step) theList=listappend(theList,i,delim);        
    else for(i = st;i lte end;i=i+step) theList=listappend(theList,i,delim);        

    return theList;
}