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<x:set> Tag

The <x:set> tag sets a variable to the value of an XPath expression.

If the value of the XPath expression is of boolean type, <x:set> will set a java.lang.Boolean object; if it is a string, it will set a java.lang.String object; if it is a number, it will set a java.lang.Number object.

Syntax

&lt;x:set var="<string>" select="<string>" scope="<string>"/>

Attributes

The <x:set> tag has the following attributes:

Attribute	Description	Required	Default Value
var	The variable representing the value of the XPath expression	Yes	Body
select	The XPath expression to be evaluated	No	None
scope	The scope of the var attribute	No	Page

Example

The following example demonstrates how to use the <x:set> tag:

<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="x" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" %>

<html>
<head>
  <title>JSTL x:set Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Books Info:</h3>

&lt;c:set var="xmltext">
  <books>
    <book>
      <name>Padam History</name>
      <author>ZARA</author>
      <price>100</price>
    </book>
    <book>
      <name>Great Mistry</name>
      <author>NUHA</author>
      <price>2000</price>
    </book>
  </books>
</c:set>

&lt;x:parse xml="${xmltext}" var="output"/>
&lt;x:set var="fragment" select="$output//book"/>
<b>The price of the second book</b>: 
&lt;c:out value="${fragment}" />
</body>
</html>

The output is as follows:

BOOKS INFO:
The price of the second book:[[book: null], [book: null]]

JSP Standard Tag Library

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