If you need the ability to do this now, try out the regexp taglib
here at jakarta. It implements perl style regular expressions.
Regards,
Glenn
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> Hi all
>
> It looks like I found something to implement in the String Tag Library :-)
>
> What I'm trying to do is to create links within a text, i.e. replacing 'the
> text' with '<a href="...">the text</a>'. The problem is that both the text
> and the link are dynamic.
> However, the String Tag Library won't let me replace things dynamically.
>
> Consider this:
>
> <c:set var="a" value="This will be replaced"/>
> <c:set var="b" value="The new text"/>
> <c:out value="${a}"/><br>
> <c:out value="${b}"/><br>
> <str:replace replace="This will be replaced" with="The new text">And he
> said: "This will be replaced!".</str:replace>
>
> will show
>
> This will be replaced
> The new text
> And he said: "The new text!".
>
> - works like a charm! However,
>
> <c:set var="a" value="This will be replaced"/>
> <c:set var="b" value="The new text"/>
> <c:out value="${a}"/><br>
> <c:out value="${b}"/><br>
> <str:replace replace="${a}" with="${b}">And he said: "This will be
> replaced!".</str:replace>
>
> won't replace anything:
>
> This will be replaced
> The new text
> And he said: "This will be replaced!".
>
>
> And
>
> <c:set var="a" value="This will be replaced"/>
> <c:set var="b" value="The new text"/>
> <c:out value="${a}"/><br>
> <c:out value="${b}"/><br>
> <str:replace replace="<c:out value="${a}"/>" with="<c:out
> value="${b}"/>">And he said: "This will be replaced!".</str:replace>
>
> even gives me an exception:
>
> javax.servlet.ServletException: /jsp/test.jsp(206,40) Attribute ${a} has no
> value
>
>
> This would be very, very handy if it worked... actually for all of the
> String tag library.
>
> Thanks & regards,
> Eric
>
>
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