print string with breaks on web page

[sudheshna Iyer]

I have a string like "aaa
bbb
ccc". I want to print that as :
aaa
bbb
ccc
on to the web page.
When I use the following code. I see it get printed as "aaa
bbb " and when I view the source,
I see it as "aaa</br>bbb". How can print them with breaks.

Code:

  
<%
String test = "aaa" + "</br>" + "bbb";
%>
<td><c:out value="<%=strWithBrks%>"/> </td>
  

[Bauke Scholtz]

First: your HTML syntax is invalid. Write valid HTML.
Second: the c:out by default escapes XML/HTML. Leave it away or set its escapeXml attribute to false.
Third: using scriptlets is a bad practice, use taglibs/EL only.