Corect syntax to pass get request parameter value by using EL

Question

I'm trying to pass value by using EL expression in get request parameter, but I'm getting empty value of request parameter whenever I click on that URL. Could anyone please tell me the correct syntax?

<c:forEach var="message" items="${requestScope.inboxmessage}" varStatus="messageCount" >
     <a href="just.do?value="+${messageCount.count} >
</c:forEach> 

Answer 1

When you use EL, you don't need to worry about concatenating Strings like that.

Try this: <a href="just.do?value=${messageCount.count}">

You might also want to look at the <c:out> tag, it'll take care of things like escaping illegal characters.