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ListFirst
Last update:
May 18, 2026
Description
Gets the first element of a list.
Returns
The first element of a list. If the list is empty, returns an empty string.
History
ColdFusion (2018 release): Changed Parameter name includeEmptyValues to includeEmptyFields.
Category
Function syntax
ListFirst(list [, delimiters, includeEmptyFields ])See also
ListGetAt, ListLast, ListQualify; Lists in Data types- Developing guide in the Developing ColdFusion Applications
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
includeEmptyFields | Optional. Set to yes to include empty values. |
list | A list or a variable that contains a list. |
delimiters | A string or a variable that contains one. Characters that separate list elements. The default value is comma. If this parameter contains more than one character, ColdFusion processes each occurrence of each character as a delimiter. |
Usage
ColdFusion ignores empty list elements; thus, the list "a,b,c,,,d" has four elements.
Example
<h3>ListFirst Example</h3>
<!--- Find a list of users who wrote messages --->
<cfquery name = "GetMessageUser" datasource = "cfdocexamples">
SELECT Username, Subject, Posted
FROMMessages
</cfquery>
<cfset temp = ValueList(GetMessageUser.Username)>
<p>Before editing the list, it is:
<cfoutput>#ValueList(GetMessageUser.Username)#</cfoutput>.
<p>(Users who posted more than once are listed more than once.)
<!--- Show the first user in the list --->
<p>The first user in the list is:
<cfoutput>#ListFirst(temp)#</cfoutput>
<p>The rest of the list is: <cfoutput>#ListRest(temp)#</cfoutput>.
<p>(Users who posted more than once are listed more than once.)
<p>The last user in the list is: <cfoutput>#ListLast(temp)#</cfoutput><cfscript>
myList="Tokyo,Bangkok,Jakarta,Manila,Bangalore,Shanghai";
myFirst=ListFirst(myList);
WriteOutput(myFirst); // Returns Tokyo
</cfscript>Output
Tokyo
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