JSTL c:forTokens Core Tag

The JSTL <c:forTokens> Core Tag is used for the iteration process. It breaks the string into tokens by using delimiter and then iterate through tokens.

Syntax:

<c:forTokens items="string" delims="delimiter" var="varName">
          //block of statemtnts
</c:forTokens>

c:forTokens tag attributes:

Attribute	Description	Required
items	Information to loop over.	No
begin	Element to start with (0 = first item, 1 = second item, …).	No
end	Element to end with (0 = first item, 1 = second item, …).	No
step	Process every step items.	No
var	Name of the variable to expose the current item.	No
varStatus	Name of the variable to expose the loop status.	No

Example:

test.jsp

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
 
<html>
	<head>
		<title>c:forTokens JSTL core tag example</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	 <h4>Tokens passed in the String "sunil, bharat, richi" are:</h4>
         <br/>
	 <c:forTokens items="sunil, bharat, richi" delims="," var="name">
   		<c:out value="${name}"/><p>
	 </c:forTokens>
	</body>
</html>

web.xml

<web-app>
 
  <welcome-file-list>
          <welcome-file>test.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>	
 
</web-app>

Output:

jsp example 39

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