tracker issue : CF-3754490

G'day:
On Railo one can do this:

{code:java}
<cfscript>
s = "G'day world";
c = s[1];
writeDump(var=variables);	
</cfscript>
{code}


And it outputs "G".

This is a step in the right direction of being able to treat strings like character arrays. ColdFusion should do this, and it should also add iteration functions which also treat a string like an array of characters, at least .each(), and probably .map(), but there's perhaps a use case for .sort(), .filter(), .reduce(), .some(), .every() too? Perhaps it should be on the basis of "in for a penny, in for a pound", and keep the "interface" to collection iteration functions uniform, even if the use case for some might be marginal?

-- 
Adam

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Watson Bug ID:	3754490

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