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   LIST

Description:
   Loops through xList removing any occurances in list.

Parameters:

1. list (List, required)
          The list to perform the operation on.
   
   
2. xList (List, required)
          The list of elements to exclude from the list.
   
   
3. delimiter (String, Default: ,)
          The delimiter to use for the list.
   
   
4. xDelimiter (String, Default: ,)
          The delimiter to use for the exclusion list.
   
   

Returns:
       (List) The list with the specified elements removed.

Requires:
       

Sample Use:
       

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function listExclude(list,xList){
	var loop = 0;
	var loop2 = 0;
	var pos = 0;
	var count = 0;
	var delimiter = ",";
	var xDelimiter = ",";
	var item = "";
	if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 3)delimiter = arguments[3];
	if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 4)xDelimiter = arguments[4];
	for (loop = 1; loop lte listLen(xList,xDelimiter); loop = incrementValue(loop)){
		item = listGetAt(xList,loop);
		count = listValueCountNoCase(list,item,delimiter);
		for (loop2 = 1; loop2 lte count; loop2 = incrementValue(loop2)){
			pos = listFindNoCase(list,item,delimiter);
			if (pos)list = listDeleteAt(list,pos,delimiter);
		};
	};
	return list;
}
// http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=310&function=listExclude

function listExclude(list,xList){ var loop = 0; var loop2 = 0; var pos = 0; var count = 0; var delimiter = ","; var xDelimiter = ","; var item = ""; if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 3)delimiter = arguments[3]; if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 4)xDelimiter = arguments[4]; for (loop = 1; loop lte listLen(xList,xDelimiter); loop = incrementValue(loop)){ item = listGetAt(xList,loop); count = listValueCountNoCase(list,item,delimiter); for (loop2 = 1; loop2 lte count; loop2 = incrementValue(loop2)){ pos = listFindNoCase(list,item,delimiter); if (pos)list = listDeleteAt(list,pos,delimiter); }; }; return list; } // http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=310&function=listExclude