Another String Manipulation Question

[Bill]

Let's say I have a variable like this:

12345432112347890

The characters in the variable will always be different, but my goal will
always be the same:
Throw the first four characters into their own variable, then the next five
into their own variable, then the next five, and finally the next three into
their own variable.

Any ideas?

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Bill Horvath
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[cf_menace]

This works, but it's kinda goofy:

<cfscript>
foo = "12345432112347890";
bar = foo;

varOne = Left(bar, 4);
bar = RemoveChars(bar, 1, 4);
varTwo = Left(bar, 5);
bar = RemoveChars(bar, 1, 5);
varThree = Left(bar, 5);
bar = RemoveChars(bar, 1, 5);
varFour = Left(bar, 3);
</cfscript>

[Bill Horvath .:CMX:.]

Thanks! I'll try this when I get back to the office.

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"cf_menace" <amoreno@factorsofi.com> wrote in message
news:cv5up4$khk$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> This works, but it's kinda goofy:
>
> <cfscript>
> foo = "12345432112347890";
> bar = foo;
>
> varOne = Left(bar, 4);
> bar = RemoveChars(bar, 1, 4);
> varTwo = Left(bar, 5);
> bar = RemoveChars(bar, 1, 5);
> varThree = Left(bar, 5);
> bar = RemoveChars(bar, 1, 5);
> varFour = Left(bar, 3);
> </cfscript>
>

[Rob]

<CFSCRIPT>
strFull = "12345432112347890";
IF(LEN(strFull) IS 17){
str1 = MID(strFull,1,4);
str2 = MID(strFull,5,5);
str3 = MID(strFull,10,5);
str4 = MID(strFull,15,3);
}
</CFSCRIPT>

[zoeski80]

Wouldn't MID be a better function to use so you don't have to rewrite the bar
variable each time??

Zoe

<cfscript>
foo = "12345432112347890";

first = mid(foo, 1, 4)
second = mid(foo, 5, 5)
third = mid(foo, 10, 5)
fourth = mid(foo, 15, 3)
</cfscript>