Home/ Questions/Q 7753581
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-06-01T12:05:24+00:00

In my .jsp file I have the code below. How can I compare the

  • 0

In my .jsp file I have the code below. How can I compare the environment variable to a string? Netbeans isn’t liking this… I’ve tried adding scope="request" to the c:set with no luck.

<c:set var="environment" value="<%=(request.getRequestURL().indexOf("localhost") > 0) ? "dev" : "uat"%>"/>
<% if (environment.equals("live")) { %>
Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    Is there any particular reason that you wouldn’t do this entirely in scriptlet? You can still access the variable in JSTL if it was defined in scriptlet

    <% String environment = (request.getRequestURL().indexOf("localhost") > 0) ? "dev" : "uat"; %>
<% if (environment.equals("live")) { %>
<c:out value="${environment}"/>

    Have a look here:
    http://melandri.net/2009/09/16/scriptlet-and-jstl-variable-sharing/

    You could also do it entirely in JSTL to:

    <c:set var="environment" value="${(fn:indexOf(request.requestURL, 'localhost') gt 0) ? 'dev' : 'uat'}"/>
    • 0