ColdFusion: turn array into struct name

Question

The form input name of:

user[subscriptions][1,28][_delete]

Essentially turns into a struct like this:

User

-Subscriptions

--1,28

---_delete

But how can you manually create a struct like this?

You can't do:

<cfset user.subscriptions.1,28._delete = 1>

CF doesn't like the comma in the struct name. But I need to be able to create the struct like this.

Any ideas?

charliegriefer · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-16 23:35:47Z

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<cfset user[ 'subscriptions' ][ '1,28' ][ '_delete' ] = 1 />

Array notation lets you get away with all kinds of illegal variable names :)

answered Jul 16, 2011 at 23:35

charliegriefer

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DOH! ... I neglected to use quotes ... :)