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can I use multiple jstl string functions in one expression?

can I use multiple jstl string functions in one expression?

I want to capitalize the first letter?
is it possible?

<c:out value="${fn:substring.toUppers(reference.citationType,0,1)fn:substring(reference.citationType,1)}" /></td>

for_yan

Rather use this function from

WordUtils.capitalize(str)

from apache coomons-lang
get jar form here:
http://apache.petsads.us//commons/lang/binaries/commons-lang3-3.1-bin.zip

dkim18

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I am trying to find out if I can do this in jstl.

Do you know how I can use the <fn:> string function in jsp page?

for_yan

I think this is more likely to work:
<c:out value="${fn:substring.toUppers(reference.citationType,0,1)}${fn:substring(reference.citationType,1)}" /></td>

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dkim18

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<c:out value="${fn:toUpperCase(string2)}${fn:substring(reference.citationType,1)}" /></td>

didn't work.

for_yan

and what happened ?

for_yan

And can you test if you have a simple thing like that working without first character:
<c:out value="${fn:substring(reference.citationType,1)}" /></td>

Are you sure that in JSTL there is substring function with one int argument?

I don't see such option in the doc:
http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/5/jstl/1.1/docs/tlddocs/fn/substring.fn.html

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for_yan

Still your problem was with not having the second argument in the substring function .
This should work:

<c:set var="string2" value="${fn:substring(reference.citationType,0,1)}" />

<c:out value="${fn:toUpperCase(string2)}${fn:substring(reference.citationType,1,fn:length(reference.citationType))}" /></td>

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at least this simple page which makes upper case first charcater of the string "this is first String" works nicely for me

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" 
                                                  prefix="fn" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Using JSTL Functions</title>
</head>
<body>

<c:set var="string1" value="this is first String."/>
<c:set var="string3" value="${fn:substring(string1, 0, 1)}" />
<c:set var="string4" value="${fn:toUpperCase(string3)}" />
<c:set var="string5" value="${fn:substring(string1,1,fn:length(string1))}" />

<c:out value="${string4}${string5}"/>



</body>
</html>

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Output:

This is first String.

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rrz

I posted the JSTL solution.
for_yan, why did you take my solution and re-post it ?

for_yan

rrz@871311,
I didn't even read what you posted - I was following my line through postings
37293088 and 37294739 where I explained the author what was the reason for his problem - and all that was long
before you even posted anything.
Then I typed in my example to confirm that my guess that the issue was with lacking argument in substring
was correct and tried to make this example similar to what author was doing, and I was busy doing it when you posted something.
I even didn't look at waht you posted - and frankly I don't see any similarity now.

dkim18

ASKER

For some reason this worked
<c:set var="string2" value="${fn:substring(reference.citationType,0,1)}" />

<c:out value="${fn:toUpperCase(string2)}${fn:substring(reference.citationType,1,fn:length(xxxxxx)}" /></td>

but not this one.
${fn:toUpperCase(fn:substring(name,0,1))}${fn:substring(name,1,fn:length(name))}

dkim18

ASKER

never mind.

This worked also.
Thanks much.

${fn:toUpperCase(fn:substring(name,0,1))}${fn:substring(name,1,fn:length(name))}