Assign Scriptlet variable to Jsp Textarea

Question

<% String qDescription = null;

if (questionList == null || questionList.isEmpty()){
    System.out.println("Empty");
}else{
    System.out.println("Retrieval successful");


        SurveyQuestionBean questionBean= (SurveyQuestionBean)questionList.get(0);
        qDescription = questionBean.getQuestionDescription();
        System.out.println("qDescription HERE: " + qDescription);

}
%>
<td>
    <textarea name="q_description" id="q_description" class="mlselect" cols='100' rows='5' ><%=qDescription%></textarea>
                        </td>

I am trying to display the qDescription variable from the Scriptlet to the textarea. The system.out println grabs the correct data, however when i do the assignment it displays null. i understand that Scriptlet is not advisable, but i have to implement it this way. Any help will be appreciated, thank you in advance.

try this <textarea name="q_description" id="q_description" class="mlselect" cols='100' rows='5' value="${qDescription}" /> — SparkOn
@M.Sharma thanks for your reply, but upon putting the line of code in the whole page went disorientated. — user2505231
@user2505231 i get the data correctly if use your code and hardcode the variable — Santhosh
some textboxes i have in the page went missing, and the alignment of my textarea is off too. @M.Sharma — user2505231

Michael Sanchez Michael Sanchez · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-09T04:58:40

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votes

You have to close your else clause with a %> for jsp page to work properly.

Assign Scriptlet variable to Jsp Textarea

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