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Category:
   STRUCT

Description:
   Converts a structure to a list

Parameters:

1. struct (Struct, required)
          The structure to convert into a compound list.
   
   
2. delimiter1 (String, Default: &)
          The delimiter for the outer list.
   
   
3. delimiter2 (String, Default: =)
          The delimiter for the inner list pairs.
   
   

Returns:
       A list of name value pairs from the structure.

Requires:
       

Sample Use:
       

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function structToList(struct){
	var delimiter1 = "&";
	var delimiter2 = "=";
	var loop = 0;
	var keys = structKeyArray(struct);
	var value = arrayNew(1);
	var pos = 0;
	if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 2)delimiter1 = arguments[2];
	if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 3)delimiter2 = arguments[3];
	for (loop = 1; loop lte arrayLen(keys); loop = incrementValue(loop)){
		pos = arrayLen(value)+1;
		value[pos] = keys[loop] & delimiter2 & struct[keys[loop]];
	};
	return arrayToList(value,delimiter1);
};
// http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=81&function=structToList

function structToList(struct){ var delimiter1 = "&"; var delimiter2 = "="; var loop = 0; var keys = structKeyArray(struct); var value = arrayNew(1); var pos = 0; if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 2)delimiter1 = arguments[2]; if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 3)delimiter2 = arguments[3]; for (loop = 1; loop lte arrayLen(keys); loop = incrementValue(loop)){ pos = arrayLen(value)+1; value[pos] = keys[loop] & delimiter2 & struct[keys[loop]]; }; return arrayToList(value,delimiter1); }; // http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=81&function=structToList