Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 1: Getting Started

Basic If Statements

ColdFusion if statements are created using the <cfif> tag. <cfif> takes no attributes; instead, it takes a condition. For example, the following <cfif> statement checks to see whether a variable named FirstName contains the value Ben:

<cfif FirstName IS "Ben">

The keyword IS is an operator used to test for equality. Other operators are supported, too, as listed in Table 9.1.

Table 9.1. CFML Evaluation Operators

Operator	Shortcut	Description
EQUAL	IS, EQ	Tests for equality
NOT EQUAL	IS NOT, NEQ	Tests for nonequality
GREATER THAN	GT	Tests for greater than
GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO	GTE	Tests for greater than or equal to
LESS THAN	LT	Tests for less than
LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO	LTE	Tests for less than or equal to
CONTAINS		Tests whether a value is contained ...