JSTL iteration of a list with numbering

[Sverre Moe]

I am iterating over an ArrayList of objects. For each entry I createe a table row encapsulated within a form. In addition to iterate through the ArrayList I need to insert a number within the iteration so that each form element gets it unique id.

If it was scriptlet I would have no problem, but I am using JSTL <c:forEach>

<c:forEach items="${myList}" var="listElement">
<form id="formID" method="post" action="\Do">
  <tr on click="document.getElementById('formID').submit();">
    <td>
      ${listElement.getSomething}
    </td>
  </tr
</form>
</c:forEach>

How can I get the value for each iteration and pass it into formID#. Somehow I need to access the iteration number, like the i in for(int i = 0; i<list.size();i++)

I am using JSTL 1.1 and JSP 2.0 with Servlet-API 2.5

[Christophe Verré]

Use varStatus attribute of the forEach tag :

<c:forEach var="product" items="${products}" varStatus="status">
<tr>
<td>${status.count}�</td>
....

varStatus is of type LoopTagStatus. Check the API for the details of this class.
[ August 22, 2007: Message edited by: Christophe Verre ]

[Sverre Moe]

Originally posted by Christophe Verre:
Use varStatus attribute of the forEach tag :

<c:forEach var="product" items="${products}" varStatus="status">
<tr>
<td>${status.count}”</td>
....

varStatus is of type LoopTagStatus. Check the API for the details of this class.

[ August 22, 2007: Message edited by: Christophe Verre ]

Thanks, just what I was looking for