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Asked: 2026-06-10T08:00:54+00:00

The code: <cfset LOCAL.temp = ‘something==a descript >= ive value’ /> <cfdump var=#ListToArray(LOCAL.temp, ‘==’)#

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The code:

<cfset LOCAL.temp = 'something==a descript >= ive value' />
<cfdump var="#ListToArray(LOCAL.temp, '==')#" />

What I expect is an array with two indices what I get is an array with three indices, CF is also splitting at the single equals sign.

Is anyone else experiencing this behavior or can explain what is going on?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is expected behaviour. As described in the docs, ListToArray uses single-character delimiters (by default).

    One solution is to use split:

    Temp.split('==')

    (This is making use of the underlying Java string.split method, which splits a string at every match of a specified regex, and works on all Java-based CFML engines, though produces a Java String Array – which can’t be directly manipulated with CF’s ArrayAppend and related functions, unless it is first converted. ).

    Since you’re on CF9, you can also use the new multi-char delimiter flag, by setting the fourth argument to true:

    ListToArray(Temp,'==',false,true)
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