Question

The Error [I am a new user so I can’t post images (just links)]
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My ask.jsp(lines 15-20)——————————————————

<%!
        String corpus = new String();
        String getStory()
        {
            corpus = request.getParameter("story");
            return corpus;
        }

%>

It seems to say it cannot find the symbol “request” although I have sent it from my ‘processStory’ servlet as shown below:-

finally {
        RequestDispatcher rd = request.getRequestDispatcher("/ask.jsp");
        request.setAttribute("story", storyTold);
        rd.forward(request, response);
        out.close();
    }

Answer 1

Try chaning <%! to <% and request.getParameter() to request.getAttribute().
By the way why are you defining a method in your scriptlet?