This makes complete sense and it worked!
Thanks,
Alec
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Nathan Bubna <nbu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Velocity is not a scripting language; it's a template engine. It
> doesn't have standalone expressions like that. It has references and
> directives, some directives handle expressions in the arguments. Some
> references handle expressions as arguments to method calls.
>
> That said, even if you put ${var + 5} into a proper place for an
> expression, then you would have problems because the ${} syntax is the
> formal bounds for a reference, not an expression. Try something like
> this instead:
>
> #set( $val = $var + 5)${val}
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Alec Swan <alecs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am puzzled why evaluating ${var + 5} with var->1 bindings does not
>> produce 6? Here is some sample code:
>>
>> Velocity.evaluate(new VelocityContext(Collections.singletonMap("var",
>> 1)), writer, getClass().getSimpleName(), "${var + 5}")
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alec
>>
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