Extracting a value from indexed form field

[drmaves]

I have a form that contains a <cfoutput> which lists several records. I want to pass the value of the form field to my action page.

In the form the "name" of the form field is set as follows: name="guests#RecordCounter#" where RecordCounter is the index number.

In my action form I have the follow statement which doesn't work: <cfset guests = evaluate(form.guests#i#)> where i is the counter. How do I extract the value from this form field.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Grizzly9279]

Try a <cfdump var="#form#"> to see what's getting posted...

[cf_dev2]

Use array notation

<cfset guests = form["guests#i#"] >

[Grizzly9279 · Accepted solution]

Ah yes. cf_dev2's comment sort of highlighted for me what was wrong with your code. You missed the quotes from your evaluate() statement. And as cf_dev2 pointed out, it's actually preferrable to use a direct structure/key reference, instead of evaluate. Nevertheless, you could do this in one of 4 ways as I see it:

<cfset guests = evaluate( "form.guests#i#" )>
<cfset guests = evaluate( "form.guests"&i )>
<cfset guests = form["guests#i#"] >
<cfset guests = form["guests"&i] >

I personally prefer the last one.

[drmaves]

Thanks cf_dev2 and Grizzly9279 for your help - your solutions worked great!