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truncating text with JSTL
Im trying to find out if there are any string manipulation functions in
jstl because im tryong to truncate a sentence for example i want to only
display the first 10 characters of a sentence.
Im looking for something that would allow me to do something like <c:out
value="{$left(sentence,10)}" />
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Re: truncating text with JSTL
Posted by Serge Knystautas <se...@lokitech.com>.
louis@ironpulse wrote:
> Im trying to find out if there are any string manipulation functions in
> jstl because im tryong to truncate a sentence for example i want to only
> display the first 10 characters of a sentence.
>
> Im looking for something that would allow me to do something like <c:out
> value="{$left(sentence,10)}" />
JSP 2.0 introduces functions, and JSTL 1.1 defines several standard
functions, including a substring one. The specs aren't final though, so
I don't have a great suggestion on how to do it today. In a couple of
months though I'd expect the servlet engines will have it ready to use.
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Re: truncating text with JSTL
Posted by Jeff Wilder <Je...@puma.com>.
Check out the string taglibs.
http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/string-doc/intro.html
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Im trying to find out if there are any string manipulation functions in
jstl because im tryong to truncate a sentence for example i want to only
display the first 10 characters of a sentence.
Im looking for something that would allow me to do something like <c:out
value="{$left(sentence,10)}" />
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