RE: how to calculate A*B in jsp, where A and B are from nested:write

2003-02-13 Thread Pani, Gourav
you could use a math taglib and do it without using scriptlets. i don't know of one since we don't use any, but i am sure one would be available. -Original Message- From: Denis Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:59 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List

RE: how to calculate A*B in jsp, where A and B are from nested:write

2003-02-13 Thread Sri Sankaran
There's probably a cute way of doing it with JSTL...somebody chime in, however, here's how you could do it with Struts tags and scriptlet nested:define property=width id=width/ nested:define property=depth id=depth/ % float w = new Float(width).floatValue(); float d = new

RE: how to calculate A*B in jsp, where A and B are from nested:write

2003-02-13 Thread John Espey
I'm not familiar with the nested tags, but suppose you were using a struts-el text tag, you could do like so: html:text value=${width * depth}/ I'm guessing you can do something similar in the nested tags. -Original Message- From: Sri Sankaran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

RE: how to calculate A*B in jsp, where A and B are from nested:write

2003-02-13 Thread Sri Sankaran
...ah! Much cleaner. No, I don't think there's a nested-el Sri P.S. I'm sure you meant html-el:text value=${width * depth}/ -Original Message- From: John Espey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 4:13 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: how to

RE: how to calculate A*B in jsp, where A and B are from nested:write

2003-02-13 Thread John Espey
sorry, left this part out: %@ taglib uri=http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/tags-html-el; prefix=html % -Original Message- From: Sri Sankaran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:17 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: how to calculate A*B in jsp,

RE: how to calculate A*B in jsp, where A and B are from nested:write

2003-02-13 Thread Denis Wang
Thanks for your reply. I believe this approach works. However I received exceptions: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Float... I am looking at bean:define to dig the bug out. Denis -Original Message- From: Sri Sankaran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003

RE: how to calculate A*B in jsp, where A and B are from nested:write

2003-02-13 Thread Denis Wang
The approach resolves the problem. Just a tiny notice, type should be defined. nested:define property=width id=width type=java.lang.Float/ Thanks. Denis -Original Message- From: Sri Sankaran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 4:10 PM To: Struts Users