How to catch a expression returned string in a variable

[Mahesh mumbai]

Hi
I have a jsp expression which will get the values as string and send this to output.

but.. in my current JSP is not displayed to the user so I cannot see the output if i mentioned the line in my JSP

<h2> <%= homepage.getUserSessionHelper().getUserData().getRegion() %> </h2>

but this jsp is not displated to the user..
but i want to catch the value of this expression and print the output to the console like this.

<%  System.out.println("%%%%%%%%%");%>
<% String val=""; %>
 <% val =  <%= homepage.getUserSessionHelper().getUserData().getRegion() %>   %>
<%   System.out.println (val);%>

let me know any ideas.

Regards
Mahesh

[Ahsan Bagwan]

<% val =  <%= homepage.getUserSessionHelper().getUserData().getRegion() %>   %> 

I don't think expressions can be contained within scriptlets (I'm not sure).

[Balaji Manoharan Bm]

You can write
<% System.out.println(homepage.getUserSessionHelper().getUserData().getRegion()); %>

Inside these <% %> tags you can write java code in a normal way. But it is not a standard practice to write.

[Bear Bibeault]

Thatwon't do what the OP is asking for.

But, as pointed out, why are you using obsolete scriptlets in the first place?

[Vivek SharmaJi]

You can just use like this, no need to use double scriptlets.

<% val = homepage.getUserSessionHelper().getUserData().getRegion() ; %>