OK. I was sure I tried that a while ago and it didn't work for me. Just checked it and, as you said, it does work.
Thanks Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Serge Knystautas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: August 28, 2003 7:18 AM > To: Tag Libraries Users List > Subject: Re: forEach => Exception > javax/servlet/jsp/jstl/core/LoopTagSupport > > > No, using var to get the index value in a non-items forEach usage is > perfectly legal. Kris's almost exact same example is in the JSTL spec > 6.1.4. What he's doing should work. > > But Kris, the JSTL is designed to fast fail, rather than throw > exceptions. The operating principle was to have tags fast fail whenever > possible (such as c:out with a null value) rather than require a lot of > extra typing to declare variables and handle null values and exceptions. > > -- > Serge Knystautas > President > Lokitech >> software . strategy . design >> http://www.lokitech.com > p. 301.656.5501 > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Steve Raeburn wrote: > > You need to use the status variable to get the current loop index. > > > > <c:forEach begin="3" end="20" step="3" varStatus="status"> > > <c:out value="${status.index}"/> > > </c:forEach> > > > > Steve > > http://www.ninsky.com/struts/ > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thilo Schwidurski > >>Sent: August 27, 2003 11:59 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: forEach => Exception > >>javax/servlet/jsp/jstl/core/LoopTagSupport > >> > >> > >>Kris Schneider wrote: > >> > >>>Not really sure why it's not working for you, but the following > >> > >>works just fine > >> > >>>with Standard 1.0.3 on Tomcat 4.1.24: > >> > >>Thanks, Kris. > >> > >>Standard 1.0.3 on Tomcat 4.1.24 is also my setup. > >> > >>[your example code] > >> > >>My problem is still, that *already* the following less "sophisticated" > >>code fails: > >> > >><c:forEach var="i" begin="3" end="20" step="3"> > >> <c:out value="${i}"/> > >></c:forEach> > >> > >>Well, I am back using struts' logic:iterate now. > >>This is really frustrating... :-/ > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Thilo. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
