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Confusion in EL

 
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Hi,

Given the code as below:



The result is true.

Since EL treats null object as false in logical expression and map.c actually exists, does anyone have idea why the result is true?
 
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I believe it is because ${requestScope.map.c} returns "42". Since "42".equalsIgnoreCase("true") == false, ${not requestScope.map.c} == true.
 
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Hi Dee,

Thanks for the reply. That makes sense.
 
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I believe it is because ${requestScope.map.c} returns "42". Since "42".equalsIgnoreCase("true") == false, ${not requestScope.map.c} == true.



Sorry i could not understand the explanation above(in Bold)..if i had missed any topic related to this in HFSJ please tell me the page number so that i can go back and read once again..

Thanks & Regards,
Sudhakar Karnati
 
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In the statement, "${not requestScope.map.c}", the "not" operator coerces the evaluation of "requestScope.map.c" (i.e. "42") to a boolean. In simple terms, a boolean X is true when X.equalsIgnoreCase("true") is true. Therefore, since
"42".equalsIgnoreCase("true") == false, its negation (i.e. ${not requestScope.map.c}) is true.
 
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