Yeah, I figured it out. Thanks a lot for the response.
Hunter
> From: Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Tag Libraries Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 23:00:19 -0800 (PST)
> To: Tag Libraries Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: foreach Problem - Not iterating like expected...
>
>
>
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Hunter Hillegas wrote:
>
>> I have the following code:
>>
>> <%
>> System.out.println("Start Page: " + startPage); //DEBUG
>> System.out.println("End Page: " + endPage); //DEBUG
>> %>
>>
>> <c:forEach begin="${startPage}" end="${endPage}">
>> <%
>> System.out.println("Looping..."); //DEBUG
>> %>
>> </c:forEach>
>>
>> When I run this code, I get the following values printed out for start and
>> end:
>>
>> Start Page: 0
>> End Page: 42
>>
>> But, the code only loops through one time, instead of looping all the times
>> I would expect... Shouldn't it be counting up through all iterations between
>> 0 and 42?
>
> Nope. You are making a common mistake - assuming that scripting variables
> and scoped attributes are the same thing.
>
> The 'startPage' and 'endPage' variables that you are displaying using
> System.out.println() are scripting variables. Scripting variables are not
> visible to the regular JSTL tags - those tags obtain their attribute
> values from scoped attributes (e.g. request or session attributes)
> instead.
>
> To have your loop behave correctly, you'll need to set startPage and
> endPage as scoped attributes instead of scripting variables.
>
> --
> Martin Cooper
>
>
>>
>> If I replace the begin and end with 0 and 42 like this:
>>
>> <c:forEach begin="0" end="42">
>> <%
>> System.out.println("Looping..."); //DEBUG
>> %>
>> </c:forEach>
>>
>> Then it loops as I would expect.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Hunter
>>
>>
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