User Guide

634 Chapter 3: ColdFusion Functions
ParagraphFormat
Description
Replaces characters in a string:
• Single newline characters (CR/LF sequences) with spaces
• Double newline characters with HTML paragraph tags (<p>)
Returns
A copy of the string, with characters converted.
Category
Display and formatting functions, String functions
Function syntax
ParagraphFormat(string)
See also
StripCR
Parameters
Usage
This function is useful for displaying data entered in textarea fields.
Example
<h3>ParagraphFormat Example</h3>
<p>Enter text into this textarea, and see it returned as HTML.
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.myTextArea")>
<p>Your text area, formatted
<p><cfoutput>#ParagraphFormat(FORM.myTextArea)#</cfoutput>
</cfif>
<!--- use #Chr(10)##Chr(13)# to simulate a line feed/carriage
return combination; i.e, a return --->
<form action = "paragraphformat.cfm">
<textArea name = "MyTextArea" cols = "35" ROWS = 8>
This is sample text and you see how it scrolls
<cfoutput>#Chr(10)##Chr(13)#</cfoutput>
From one line
<cfoutput>#Chr(10)##Chr(13)##Chr(10)##Chr(13)#</cfoutput>
to the next
</textArea>
<input type = "Submit" name = "Show me the HTML version">
</form>
Parameter Description
string A string or a variable that contains one