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Nice and handy!

Comment by David Byers

<p>I get different result from the cffiddle.</p><p>what’s the difference between </p><p>a = [:] ;</p><p>and</p><p>a = StructNew(“ordered”, “text”); </p><p>can't find documentation for how to use [:] in ColdFusion</p><p> </p><p> </p>

Comment by oliver leung

What do you see as the biggest benefits of using a struct over just a list?

Comment by rcasdorph

This is a tough one. I can think of quite a few off the top of my head <ol> <li>It is structured data as opposed to a way of interpreting a string</li> <li>Keys and values are discrete</li> <li>All kinds of member functions associated with it</li> <li>They naturally work with JSON</li> <li>They are naturally a part of the core language. Form, url, request, etc. scopes</li> <li>writedump() a struct is much cleaner to read than list</li> <li>Items in a list can't have commas. Structs don't care</li> </ol> Even after writing these, I am sure there are others. Lists have their charms too. When doing a form submit with checkboxes, you get lists. When querying a DB, sometimes they want lists.

Comment by James Mohler