RE: Simple iteration

2003-10-12 Thread Carlos Sanchez
The JSTL specification is clear: Constraints If specified, begin must be >= 0. If end is specified and it is less than begin, the loop is simply not executed. If specified, step must be >= 1 > -Mensaje original- > De: Nic Werner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Enviado el: lunes, 13 de octub

RE: Simple iteration

2003-10-12 Thread Nic Werner
Heh, yeah that was my workaround eventually, but I just felt that there has to be a better way. It surprises me the tag only supports one direction. Not being to start from a negative number while simply 'counting' is odd also. Of course, iterating through a collection wouldn't work, but just coun

RE: Simple iteration

2003-10-12 Thread Carlos Sanchez
Why not > -Mensaje original- > De: Nic Werner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Enviado el: domingo, 12 de octubre de 2003 23:34 > Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Asunto: Simple iteration > > > This is a simple question, but is there any way to count > *back

Simple iteration

2003-10-12 Thread Nic Werner
This is a simple question, but is there any way to count *backwards* in JSTL? Using the forEach tag, if begin=10 and end=0, I get an: 'end' < 0 error I've also tried using step="-1" to no avail. Basically, I want to create a year pulldown box which starts at the currentyear and then displays the