CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Returns the first occurrence of the longest item in a list.

Return Values:
Returrns a string.

Example:

<cfscript>
myList = "CFLib has the greatest collection of UDF functions.";
writeoutput(ListLongestItem(myList," "));
</cfscript>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Returns the first occurrence of the longest item  in  a list.
 * 
 * @param list      The list to parse. (Required)
 * @param delim      List delimiter. Defaults to a comma. (Optional)
 * @return Returrns a string. 
 * @author Joseph Flanigan (joseph@switch-box.org) 
 * @version 1, September 21, 2004 
 */
function listLongestItem(list){
    var delim = ","; 
    var item = "";
    var i = 0;
    
    if(arrayLen(arguments) EQ 2) delim = arguments[2];
    for(i = 1 ; i lte listLen(list,delim); i = i + 1 )  {
        if (len(listGetAt(list,i,delim)) gt len(item)) item = listGetAt(list,i,delim); 
    }
    return item; 
}