Evaluate

The function evaluates all of its arguments, left to right, and returns the result of evaluating the last argument.

Syntax

Evaluate(string_expression1 [, string_expression2 [, ... ] ] )

string_expression1, string_expression2

Valid expressions to be evaluated.

Usage

String expressions can be arbitrarily complex. Note, however, that they are somewhat more complicated to write because they are inside a string. In particular, if the string expression is double-quoted, double-quotes inside the expression must be escaped.

Examples

<!--- This shows the use of DE and Evaluate --->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
Evaluate Example
</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY bgcolor=silver>
<H3>Evaluate Example</H3>

<CFIF IsDefined("FORM.myExpression")>
<H3>The Expression Result</H3>

<!--- Evaluate the expression --->
<CFSET myExpression = Evaluate(FORM.myExpression)>

<!--- Use DE to output the value of the variable, unevaluated --->
<CFOUTPUT>
<I>The value of the expression #Evaluate(DE(FORM.MyExpression))#
is #MyExpression#.</I>
</CFOUTPUT>
...