# GetToken()

Determines whether a token of the list in the delimiters
parameter is present in a string.
Returns the token found at position index of the string, as a
string. If index is greater than the number of tokens in the
string, returns an empty string.

```
GetToken( string=string, index=number, delimiters=string );
```

**Returns:** string

# Arguments

| Argument | Type | Required | Description | Default |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|---------|
| string | string | Yes | String in which to search. |  |
| index | number | Yes | Positive integer. The position of a token. |  |
| delimiters | string | No | A delimited list of delimiters. Elements may consist of multiple characters. Default list of delimiters: space character, tab character, newline character; or their codes: "chr(32)", "chr(9)", chr(10). Default list delimiter: comma character. *Alias: delimiter* |  |

# Examples

```cfml
token_test = GetToken("yellow,red:,orange,blue:;,lavender,pink:;", 2, ":");
writeDump(token_test);
```







# Categories

[Strings](../../categories/string.md)

# See Also

[string.getToken()](../objects/string/gettoken.md)