Krishna, what's the class of your telefoneno property? The format attribute is used only if the value to be displayed is NOT instance of java.lang.String.
Pavel On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:56:23 +0530, Krishna Mohan Radhakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry Tommy, > The thing that u said simple didn't not work out.. > Do u have any other ideas. > > Are u sure that it is ##### only. > Or is it any other character.. > > INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED > 3rd Floor | "Bhavani" Technopark | Trivandrum 695 581 | India > Phone +91 471 2700888 Extn 7365 | Mobile: +919895532610 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]| www.infosys.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tommy Holm - TELMORE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:59 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: SV: formatting of strings > > Hi > It's actually very simple. > <bean:write name="address" property="telephoneno" > format="###-###-#####"/> > A better solution would be to create a ressource bundle - lets say > TelephoneFormatResources.properties and create an entry in that file- > something like > format1=###-###-#### > > The use the bundle instead > > <bean:write name="address" property="telephoneno" > bundle="TelephoneFormatResources" formatKey="###-###-#####"/> > > It will then take the format from the bundle instead of the jsp page > directly. The advantage is that if you change the format, then you just > have to change it one place, instead of changing the format in all jsp > pages! > Cheers > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Krishna Mohan Radhakrishnan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 6. januar 2005 09:08 > Til: Struts Users Mailing List > Emne: formatting of strings > > Hi all, > > I have a class called address. I want to display the the telephone > number from it. > The below mentioned is the code. But from the address class we will > retrieve it as 10 digit string. > > <bean:write name="address" property="telephoneno"/> > > For example if 9845612345 is the number I want to display it as > follows. > 984-561-2345 > > Is there any idea of how to format the string in this fashion > > Regards, > Krishna Mohan R > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
