JSP Display problem

[Deepak Chawla]

I Have this JPS code, i am trying to disply filesnames with link on it but i am getting these 2 complier error
1. illegal start of expression
2. ')' expected
for(int i =0;i<filesdisplay;i++)
{

out.write(<a href="/docs/projectname/eventtype/book1.xls"> Book1.xls </a> ;

}
plz help

[Eric Pascarello]

Next time you post code click the button that says disable smiles. It will make it easir to figure out your code.
I know nothing about JSP but shouldn't it be

out.write("<a href='/docs/projectname/eventtype/book1.xls'> Book1.xls </a>");

Eric

[Deepak Chawla]

I have a project which has some docs and i am trying to display docs on JSP Page, for displaying docs i am using this code
for(int i =0;i<filesdisplay;i++)
{

out.write(<a href="/docs/projectname/eventtype/filenames[i]"> filenames[i] </a> ;
}
I get 2 errors
1.illegal start of expression
2. ')' expected
But if try to write the out statement like this below
out.write("<a href='/docs/projectname/eventtype/filenames[i]'> filenames[i] </a>");
i get output as filenames[i], instead of a filename eg a.doc, b.ppt.

[Tim Baker]

i think you need to reexamine your understanding of java syntax and grammar. what you want is this:

 out.write("<a href='/docs/projectname/eventtype/" + filenames[i] + "'> " + filenames[i] + " </a>"); 

if you want to put a variable in a string you end that string ", use a concat operator + and then put the variable, then another concat + and you start a new string "

[dee kal]

Hi,
I am not sure how far this will work...just give it a try...
out.write("<a href='/docs/projectname/eventtype/filenames[i]'>" +
filenames[i] + "</a>");
Bye.

[Eric Pascarello]

dees code is not going to work.... since it does not take the array into account for the url string.

[Bear Bibeault]

Why are you using out.write to emit HTML? That's inside out.
You should be using JSP to include Java in your HTML, not HTML in your Java.
bear