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Table 3-16 illustrates the actions for looping and iteration.

Table 3-16. Looping and Iteration Actions in the Core Tag Library

Action Description

<c:forEach> Iterates over a collection of objects

<c:forTokens> Iterates over tokens, separated by the supplied delimiters

The Action

The action iterates over a collection of objects.

Here’s the syntax for iterating over a collection of objects:

<c:forEach[var="varName"] items="collection"
[varStatus="varStatusName"]
[begin="begin"] [end="end"] [step="step"]>

... body content....

Here’s the syntax for iterating a fixed number of times:

<c:forEach [var="varName"]
[varStatus="varStatusName"]
begin="begin" end="end" [step="step"]>

.... body content...

Table 3-17 illustrates the attributes of the action.