Re: Problem with EL (Expression Language) in JST /JSP

I think the problem is that the forEach tag is generating a numeric
type for the clientnum variable and the ${clients[clientnum]} syntax is
failing to interpret the expression correctly because it can't use an
int to index a map and isn't making the leap to try and coerce the
value to a string. If you convert the clientnum to a string explicitly
it will work:

Add this at the top:

  <%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions"
%>

and use:

    Value: ${clients[fn:toLowerCase (clientnum)]}

alternately, if the only information being carrier in the map keys is
an integer perhaps a List would do?

<%
    final List clients = new ArrayList ();
    clients.add ("John");
    clients.add ("Peter");
    clients.add ("Gerald");
    request.setAttribute ("clients", clients);
%>

<c:forEach var="client" varStatus="status" items="${clients}">
    ${status.count}: '${client}' <br/>
</c:forEach>

--lee

jgmaux@telefonica.net wrote: