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Gets the first element of a list. 
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The first element of a list. If the list is empty, returns an empty string.
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List functions
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    <td valign="top" colspan="2" class="description"><span class="title">Function syntax</span><pre>ListFirst(list [, delimiters ])
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ListGetAt, ListLast, ListQualify; "Lists" in Chapter&#160;3, "Using ColdFusion Variables," in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide 
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ColdFusion ignores empty list elements; thus, the list &quot;a,b,c,,,d&quot; has four elements.
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    <td valign="top" colspan="2" class="description"><span class="title">Example</span><pre>&lt;h3&gt;ListFirst Example&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;!--- Find a list of users who wrote messages ---&gt;
&lt;cfquery name = &quot;GetMessageUser&quot; datasource = &quot;cfdocexamples&quot;&gt;
   SELECT Username, Subject, Posted
   FROM  Messages
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&lt;cfset temp = ValueList(GetMessageUser.Username)&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Before editing the list, it is:&amp;nbsp;
&lt;cfoutput&gt;#ValueList(GetMessageUser.Username)#&lt;/cfoutput&gt;. 
&lt;p&gt;(Users who posted more than once are listed more than once.)
&lt;!--- Show the first user in the list ---&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first user in the list is: 
&lt;cfoutput&gt;#ListFirst(temp)#&lt;/cfoutput&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The rest of the list is:&amp;nbsp;&lt;cfoutput&gt;#ListRest(temp)#&lt;/cfoutput&gt;.
&lt;p&gt;(Users who posted more than once are listed more than once.)
&lt;p&gt;The last user in the list is: &lt;cfoutput&gt;#ListLast(temp)#&lt;/cfoutput&gt;
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<p>A list or a variable that contains a list.</p>

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<p>A string or a variable that contains one. Character(s) that separate list elements. The default value is comma. </p>
<p>If this parameter contains more than one character, ColdFusion processes each occurrence of each character as a delimiter. </p>

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