"Benedetto, Kristina (CAP, TIP)" wrote:
>
> I have vector of vectors that I am using $data.elementAt(3) within a for loop in a
>template to get the values out. At the same time I need to accumulate totals for
>these values.
Vectors of vectors of what? That might be important here.
> After putting context.put( "int", new Integer(1) ); in the servlet, I have attempted
>to use:
> #set($total = int.valueOf($total) +$int.valueOf($data.elementAt(3)))
> The $total variable doesn't get populated and is presented as $total.
Right - first think I would do is make sure that it's initialized. The
whole thing is going to fail if $total hasn't be set to anything ever.
A simple
#set($total = 0)
will suffice.
> Is it possible to accumulate totals this way and maybe my syntax is incorrect? Is
>there a better way of accumulating values within a template?
Tell us what are held by the 'inner' vectors....
geir
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