Question

this function is written inside the HEAD tag of a jsp file and i call it from inside the jsp BODY tag:

<%!
public void func1(String var1, String var2)
{
    String Name = var1 + "," + var2;
%>
    <input type='image' name=<%=Name%>
     src='somePath' onclick="submit()"/></br>
<%!
}
%>

i’m getting an error message:
“cannot find symbol
symbol: variable Name
location: class SimplifiedJSPServlet”

any suggestion why Name is not recognized ? did i write it properly and placed it in the right place?

Answer 1

It looks like your variable Name is only defined within the first scriplet segment. To declare as a class member variable use:

<%!
      String name;
%>

outside of any method scoping.