Question

I am writing code like this in a JSPX file,

<table>
  <c:forEach var="var" items="${items}" varStatus="status">

    <c:if test="${(status.index) % 4 == 0}">
      <tr>
    </c:if>

    <td>some contents</td>

    <c:if test="${(status.index+1) % 4 == 0 || status.last}">
      </tr>
    </c:if>

  </c:forEach>
</table>

The problem is, the <tr> and </tr> will cause compilation errors in JSPX. It will say “<tr> should be ended with a </tr>“. However, it is fine with JSP.

Is there any way to do things like this in JSPX? Thank you!

Answer 1

I guess you could do the following:

<table>
  <c:forEach var="var" items="${items}" varStatus="status">

    <c:if test="${(status.index) % 4 == 0}">
      <c:out value="&lt;tr&gt;" escapeXml="false"/>
    </c:if>

    <td>some contents</td>

    <c:if test="${(status.index+1) % 4 == 0 || status.last}">
      <c:out value="&lt;/tr&gt;" escapeXml="false"/>
    </c:if>

  </c:forEach>
</table>