c:out trim problem

[Prasad murali]

Hi,
I have a message to display using <cut>

<cut value="${message}"/>

where the message is a request attribute containing the string
"The Lake". This string contains 3 whitespace between the words 'The' and 'Lake'. I need to display the message in the same way it is present but <cut tag trims the whitespaces between the words and the string is displayed with only 1 whitespace between them.

Thanks

[Christophe Verré]

I don't think that cut trim anything. I think that the HTML gets rid of the extra spaces.
You could try to use JSTL's fn:replace function, to replace spaces with the HTML code "nbsp".

[Ben Souther]

One thing to keep in mind is that HTML renderers (per their spec) will trim whitespace. Before looking at the cut tag, or any other server side technology, always make sure to view the HTML source to see if the whitespace is actually being trimmed before it reaches your browser.

[Prasad murali]

Thank you guys for the response !!