Alternating color of table rows in a forEach tag (JSTL)

[Timothy Sam]

Hi, I got this forEach loop

<c:forEach var="user" items="${userslist.records}">
 <tr>
  <td>user.username</td>
 </tr>
</c:>

where userslist is a javabean and records a field containing the list of beans. Now when I do this...

<c:forEach var="user" items="${userslist.records}">
 ${((user.userId % 2) == 0) ? '<tr bgcolor="#ff9933">' : '<tr bgcolor="#ffcc99">'}
  <td>user.username</td>
 </tr>
</c:>

this makes an alternating color of rows. However, the userId's doesn't always come in order of 123456. So I was thinking of another solution. You guys have any other ideas? Thanks!

[Bear Bibeault]

Shouldn't you be using the loop counter for this? Using the userId is just, well, plain weird.

To access the loop counter, investigate the varStatus attribute of forEach.

[Timothy Sam]

That was nice! Thanks!