Two dimensional array + c:foreach

[lisagh81]

Hello

I have a servlet that creates results in a two dimentional array and then uses request.setAttribute to store it.

for example :
String[][] fullname = {{"name1", "surname1"},{"name2", "surname2"},{"name3", "surname3"}};

request.setAttribute("fullname",fullname);

Then JSP page will use JSTL c:foreach to display it:

<c:forEach var = "itemarr2" items = "${fullname}">
<tr>

<td>${itemarr2[0]}</td>
<td>${itemarr2[1]}</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>

The above is working fine, except that in this case I know the array has two columns, but in many cases I don't know how many columns I have. Is there a way to make column numbers dynamic ?

Or may be another tag or method to solve this problem ?

Thank you
Lisa

[JosAH]

Hello

I have a servlet that creates results in a two dimentional array and then uses request.setAttribute to store it.

for example :
String[][] fullname = {{"name1", "surname1"},{"name2", "surname2"},{"name3", "surname3"}};

request.setAttribute("fullname",fullname);

Then JSP page will use JSTL c:foreach to display it:

<c:forEach var = "itemarr2" items = "${fullname}">
<tr>

<td>${itemarr2[0]}</td>
<td>${itemarr2[1]}</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>

The above is working fine, except that in this case I know the array has two columns, but in many cases I don't know how many columns I have. Is there a way to make column numbers dynamic ?

Or may be another tag or method to solve this problem ?

Thank you
Lisa

Well, you do know that itemarr2 is an array so you can use plain old Java to get
the number of elements in that array: itemarr2.length. You can use plain old
loops if you want or the JSTL loop.

kind regards,

Jos

[lisagh81]

Well, you do know that itemarr2 is an array so you can use plain old Java to get
the number of elements in that array: itemarr2.length. You can use plain old
loops if you want or the JSTL loop.

kind regards,

Jos

Thank you for your answer ..... Could you kindly give a hint on how to use itemarr2.length inside the c:foreach to accomplish this ?

Any examples on how to implement this is extremely appreciated.

Lisa

[JosAH]

Thank you for your answer ..... Could you kindly give a hint on how to use itemarr2.length inside the c:foreach to accomplish this ?

Any examples on how to implement this is extremely appreciated.

Lisa

I don't speak JSP JSTL tags, but I guess it can be something like this:

<c:forEach var = "name" items = "${itemarr2}">
// do something with name here
 

kind regards,

Jos