Determines the index of the first list element in which a specified value occurs. Case-sensitive.

Index of the first list element that contains value, with matching case. If not found, returns zero. The search is case-sensitive.

List functions

ListFind(list, value [, delimiters ])

ListContains, ListFindNoCase; "Lists" in Chapter 3, "Using ColdFusion Variables," in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide

ColdFusion ignores empty list elements; thus, the list "a,b,c,,,d" has four elements.

<!--- Uses ListFind and ListFindNoCase to see if a substring exists 
in a list ---> 
<form action="./listfind.cfm" method="POST"> 
   <p>Try changing the case in Leary's last name: 
   <br><input type="Text" size="25" name="myString" value="Leary"> 
   <p>Pick a search type: 
      <select name="type"> 
         <option value="ListFind" selected>Case-Sensitive 
         <option value="ListFindNoCase">Case-Insensitive 
      </select> 
   <input type="Submit" name="" value="Search Employee List"> 
</form> 

<!--- wait to have a string for searching defined ---> 
<cfif IsDefined("form.myString") and IsDefined("form.type")> 

<cfquery name="SearchEmpLastName" datasource="cfdocexamples"> 
   SELECT  FirstName, RTrim(LastName) AS LName, Phone, Department 
   FROM    Employees 
</cfquery> 

<cfset myList = ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.LName)> 
<!--- Is this case-sensitive or case-insensitive searching ---> 
<cfif form.type is "ListFind"> 
   <cfset temp = ListFind(myList, form.myString)> 
      <cfif temp is 0> 
         <h3>An employee with that exact last name was not found</h3> 
      <cfelse> 
         <cfoutput> 
         <p>Employee #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.FirstName), temp)# 
         #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.LName), temp)#, of the
         #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.Department), temp)# Department,
         can be reached at #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.Phone),
         temp)#.
         <p>This was the first employee found under this case-sensitive last name
         search. 
         </cfoutput> 
      </cfif> 
      <cfelse> 
         <cfset temp = ListFindNoCase(myList, form.myString)> 
         <cfif temp is 0> 
            <h3>An employee with that exact last name was not found</h3> 
         <cfelse> 
            <cfoutput> 
            <p>Employee #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.FirstName), temp)# 
            #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.LName), temp)#, of the
            #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.Department), temp)#
            Department, can be reached at
            #ListGetAt(ValueList(SearchEmpLastName.Phone), temp)#. 
            <p>This was the first employee found under this case-insensitive last
            name search. 
         </cfoutput> 
      </cfif> 
   </cfif> 
</cfif>