format string with bean:write

[Isaac Mosquera <is...@worlddata.com>]

I'm trying to only print the first TWELVE characters in a string with the 
tag <bean:write>, but i don't want to format the value inside the string, 
just the output,  how do i format the string to only show 12 characters 
using the tag?
-isaac 


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Re: format string with bean:write

[Brett Connor <br...@spamcop.net>]

bean:write has a format property. I haven't seen any documentation on 
what the format syntax is, but there's every chance it supports 
something along the lines of
AAAAAAAAAAAA.
Alternatively, create a derived property on your form bean and reference 
that, eg

class MyForm extends ActionForm {
  String getPropertyA() {
    return this.propertyA;
  }
  String getPropertyATwelve() {
    return this.propertyA.substring(0, 12);
  }
  ...


Isaac Mosquera wrote:

> I'm trying to only print the first TWELVE characters in a string with 
> the tag <bean:write>, but i don't want to format the value inside the 
> string, just the output,  how do i format the string to only show 12 
> characters using the tag?
> -isaac
>
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