replace/remove the space from variable using jstl's replace function

Hi


I have a variable called"CurrentState" and this is getting displayed in my jsp as:

      <c:out value="${currentState}"/>

The posiible values for currentState like: North Carolina , West Virginia ..etc..,

I am trying to get rid of the space inside the variable; like i wanted to get "NortCarolina" instead of "North Carolina"

Here is what I did:

      <c:set var="currState" value="${currentState}" />

       <c:forEach var="currState" items="${currentState}">                    
                                   ${fn:replace(currState.value,' ', '')}
                              </c:forEach>
                       
            <c:out value="${currState}"/>

I think the syntax is somewhat wrong. It doesnt work..  can anyone give me the correct syntax including the tglib uri for this "fn" tag

Thanks
Prashanthi