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Working with CFML expressions

Expressions are an important part of the ColdFusion language. Expressions are a collection of different elements, ColdFusion variables, functions, and operators. You can think of them as strings of text that consist of one or more of the following elements:

• Literal text (string), numbers, dates, and other values
• Variables
• Functions
• Operators (& for joining statements, + for addition, and so on)

Many examples of expressions were shown in this chapter; for example:

• #variables.my_full_name#
• DateFormat(Now())
• my_first_name= "Kaleigh"

When you build expressions in ColdFusion, you can include simple and complex elements; how you represent these elements determines how ColdFusion processes your program.

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