Showing part of a string via c:out

Question

In my application, there is a field shown on the jsp. I wrote it by using

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

However, I dont want everything in that value(field) to be shown. Only first 15 characters should be shown. How can I do that? I am using spring 3.1 and it is amven project. Thanks,

Answer 1

Use this:

<c:choose>
   <c:when test="${fn:length(field) > 15}">
      ${fn:substring(field,0,10)}...
   </c:when>
  <c:otherwise>
     ${field}
  </c:otherwise>
</c:choose>

You can use to display your output, I have written here directly .