Resolving variables inside a Coldfusion string

Question

My client has a database table of email bodies that get sent at certain times to customers. The text for the emails contains ColdFusion expressions like Dear #firstName# and

Answer 1

If the variable is in a structure from, something like a form post, then you can use "StructFind". It does exactly as you request. I ran into this issue when processing a form with dynamic inputs.

Ex.

StructFind(FORM, 'WhatYouNeed')