Counts the keys in a structure.

Structure Functions

ColdFusion MX: Changed behavior: this function can be used on XML objects.

StructCount(structure)

A number; if structure does not exist, throws an exception.

<!--- This view-only example shows use of StructCount. ---> 
This file is similar to addemployee.cfm, which is called by  
    StructNew, StructClear, and StructDelete. To test, copy  
    StructCount function to appropriate place in addemployee.cfm. 
<!---  
<cfswitch expression = "#ThisTag.ExecutionMode#"> 
<cfcase value = "start"> 
    <cfif StructIsEmpty(attributes.EMPINFO)> 
<cfoutput>Error. No employee data was passed.</cfoutput> 
    <cfexit method = "ExitTag"> 
    <cfelse> 
<cfquery name = "AddEmployee" datasource = "cfdocexamples"> 
    INSERT INTO Employees 
    (FirstName, LastName, Email, Phone, Department) 
VALUES  
    <cfoutput> 
( 
                '#StructFind(attributes.EMPINFO, "firstname")#' , 
                '#StructFind(attributes.EMPINFO, "lastname")#' , 
                '#StructFind(attributes.EMPINFO, "email")#' , 
                '#StructFind(attributes.EMPINFO, "phone")#' , 
                '#StructFind(attributes.EMPINFO, "department")#' 
    ) 
    </cfoutput>  
    </cfquery> 
    </cfif> 
    <cfoutput><hr>Employee Add Complete 
    #StructCount(attributes.EMPINFO)# columns added.</cfoutput> 
</cfcase> 
</cfswitch> --->