How to create 5 textbox using for loop with different names in JSP?

Question

I would like to create multiple textbox dynamically using for loop and each of textboxes must have different names so that i can get the values from those textboxes using request.getParameter('textboxName').

So how to create multiple textboxes with different names using for loop in JSP ?

create a list of textbox names and iterate over the list while creating textboxes. — akshaya pandey, Jun 07 '18 at 09:51
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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '18 at 09:55

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I think something like this would work.

<body>
      <%for ( int i= 1; i <= 5; i++){ %>
         <input type="text" name ="<%= "textBox"+i %>">


      <%}%>
   </body>

I have not checked it but it will work and will create 5 text boxes with names textBox1 , textBox2 and so on.

answered Jun 07 '18 at 09:55

bit-shashank

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Please read [How to avoid Java code in JSP files?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3177733/how-to-avoid-java-code-in-jsp-files) – Jasper de Vries Jun 07 '18 at 11:22
@JasperdeVries thanks for pointing but its OP's requirement not mine. – bit-shashank Jun 08 '18 at 05:30
@ALTAF at least you could have accepted it as an answer if it helped you. – bit-shashank Jun 08 '18 at 05:31
actually i am new in stackoverflow – ALTAF Jun 08 '18 at 17:16

Jasper de Vries · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-08T08:44:31.430

As you can read in the top answer on How to avoid Java code in JSP files?, the use of scriptlets in JSP is highly discouraged since the birth of taglibs (like JSTL) and EL (Expression Language) way back in 2001.

So I would advice to use JSTL (which you already used to tag your question):

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

<c:forEach begin="1" end="5" var="i">
  <input type="text" name="input${i}"/>
</c:forEach>

How to create 5 textbox using for loop with different names in JSP?

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