java loop vertically

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Is it possible to loop vertically ? I want to display in JSP by using JSTL foreach . The value is date which is retrieved from database.

Normally looping will be like this :

<td>12-12-2011</td>
<td>12-12-2011</td>
<td>12-12-2011</td>
<td>12-12-2011</td>

But now I want to display the data like this way :

<td>12-12-2011</td> <td>12-12-2011</td> <td>12-12-2011</td> <td>12-12-2011</td>

The browser doesn't care when it's output on the screen. They're all tags..? — Deco, Feb 04 '12 at 08:35
Because there's no sense in trying to put your html like that since the browser doesn't care how it is formatted: it will render the elements horizontally. — Kurt Du Bois, Feb 04 '12 at 09:09
I think it would be more helpful if you reframe your question to *"How to remove whitespace from JSP-generated HTML output?"* This is a way more useful question (which has been asked *and answered* here several times before though). — BalusC, Feb 04 '12 at 14:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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<c:forEach var=".." items=".."><td>${..}</td></c:forEach>

But it really doesn't matter whether there are line breaks there or not.

For configuring trimming of whitespaces, check this: Strip whitespace from jsp output

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Feb 04 '12 at 08:36

Bozho

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 04 '12 at 08:43

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<table>
    <tr>
        <%
            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
        %>

        <td> 
            <% out.print("12-12-2011"); %>
        </td>

        <%
            }
        %>
    </tr>
</table>

try this way. hope it will works..

answered Feb 04 '12 at 08:43

A N M Bazlur Rahman

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I think you didn't understood the concrete question :) Plus, this is also not using JSTL as OP asked, it's following a discouraged way of writing JSPs as they did in prehistory. – BalusC Feb 04 '12 at 14:19

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