assign struts to a String object in JSP

[yuping he]

Hi all,
I am new to Struts and I was trying to assign struts <nested:text'> to a
String object in JSP

code example:
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<%! String s = new String() %>

<nested:iterate property="bookSearchResults" indexId="index">
     <% s= " %><nested:text name="bookSearchResults" property="bookId" /><%
"; %>
</nested:iterate>
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this code won't work, anyone can tell me what is correct way to assign the
values from <nested:text> to the String object.
Thanks in advance.

hyp