What is supported in CFScript

Tag equivalents in CFScript
Reserved words
Script functions

Tag equivalents in CFScript

Tag	CFScript equivalent
`cfabort`	abort
`cfbreak`	break. CFScript also has a continue statement that has no equivalent CFML tag.
`cfcase`	case
`cfcatch`	catch
`cfcomponent`	component
`cfcontinue`	continue
`cfcookie`	Direct assignment of Cookie scope memory-only variables. You cannot use direct assignment to set persistent cookies that are stored on the user system.
`cfdefaultcase`	default
`cfdirectory` Only for `<Cfdirectory action=list/>`	The directory functions `DirectoryCreate`, `DirectoryDelete`, `DirectoryList`, and `DirectoryRename`.
`cfdump`	writedump
`cfelse`	else
`cfelseif`	elseif
`cfexit`	exit
`cffile`	The file functions `FileDelete`, `FileSeek`, `FileSkipBytes`, and `FileWriteLine`.
`cffinally`	finally
`cffunction`	function
`cfimage`	The Image functions.
`cfif`	if
`cfimport`	import Import in `cfscript` is only equivalent of `<cfimport path="">`. You cannot use `<cfimport taglib="">` in `cfscript`.
`cfinclude`	include
`cfinterface`	interface
`cflocation`	location
`cflock`	lock
`cflog`	writelog
`cfloop`	Indexed cfloop: for loops Conditional cfloop: while loops and do while loops Structure cfloop: for in loop. (There is no equivalent for queries, lists, or objects.)
`cfobject`	createobject, new
`cfoutput`	writeoutput
`cfparam`	param
`cfprocessingdirective`	pageencoding
`cfproperty`	property
`cfrethrow`	rethrow
`cfreturn`	return
`cfsavecontent`	savecontent
`cfset`	var `var x =1;` is equivalent of `<cfset var x =1>` Assignment statement `x =1;` is equivalent of `<cfset x =1>` local.x=1; is equivalent of `<cfset var x =1>`
`cfswitch`	switch
`cfthread`	thread
`cfthrow`	throw
`cftrace`	trace
`cftransaction`	transaction
`cftry`	try

Example

The following example loops through a query in CFScript:

... 
<cfscript> 
// Loop through the qGetEmails RecordSet 
for (x = 1; x <= qGetEmails.RecordCount; x=x+1) { 
     This_id = qGetEmails.Emails_id[x]; 
     This_Subject = qGetEmails.Subject[x]; 
     This_RecFrom = qGetEmails.RecFrom[x]; 
     This_SentTo = qGetEmails.SentTo[x]; 
     This_dReceived = qGetEmails.dReceived[x]; 
      This_Body = qGetEmails.Body[x]; 
... // More code goes here. 
} 
</cfscript>

Reserved words

In addition to the names of ColdFusion functions and words reserved by ColdFusion expressions (such as NOT, AND, IS, and so on), the following words are reserved in CFScript. Do not use these words as variables or identifiers in your scripting code:

break	do	import	var
case	else	in	while
catch	finally	interface
try	for	pageencoding
continue	function	return
default	if	switch

Script functions

For a list of script functions, see Script Functions added in ColdFusion 9.

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