EL test expressions

[damian croft]

Hi All,
I'm trying to write an EL test Expression as follows:

<c:when test="${(('pageCount.count' - 1) * 5) eq 'startNumber'}">

But the JSP page just spits back the following error:
An exception occured trying to convert String "pageCount.count" to type "java.lang.Double"

Why does it need to convert it to a Double?

If I do the following:

<c:when test="${1 eq 'startNumber'}">

It tells me:
An exception occured trying to convert String "startNumber" to type "java.lang.Long"

What do I need to do to get this to work?
Thanks for any help you can give me on this one.

[Bear Bibeault]

Why are you quoting pageCount.count and startNumber? That makes them string literals rather than scoped variable references.
[ March 30, 2005: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[damian croft]

Of course, you're right.
You mean I should do it something like:

<c:when test="${((${pageCount.count} - 1) * 5) eq ${startNumber}}">

??

(Still, doesn't work, but maybe it's more along the right lines.???)