Can EL do contains type string operation

[Jim Kennedy <ji...@gigaheads.com>]

I need to determine if a String contains a certain character, then make a decision about what to display next.  Can EL do something like:

${bean.attr.lastIndexOf('x') > 0}.  I think I already know the answer but I though maybe there was something I hadn't seen yet.  Is there anyway using JSTL tag libs as well?

Jim Kennedy
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Re: Can EL do contains type string operation

[Serge Knystautas <se...@lokitech.com>]

Jim Kennedy wrote:
> I need to determine if a String contains a certain character, then make a decision about what to display next.  Can EL do something like:
> 
> ${bean.attr.lastIndexOf('x') > 0}.  I think I already know the answer but I though maybe there was something I hadn't seen yet.  Is there anyway using JSTL tag libs as well?

JSP 2.0 defines functions in EL, and JSTL 1.1 will define some standard 
functions.  So check this summer once all the specs are finalized, and 
you can find some early implementations like Tomcat 5.0 and Resin 3.0 in 
the meantime. (although I'm not sure of the state of EL and JSTL in 
these early releases yet.)

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