How to output HTML from JSP <%! … %> block?

Question

I just started learning JSP technology, and came across a wall.

How do you output HTML from a method in <%! ... %> JSP declaration block?

This do

Answer 1

<%!
private void myFunc(String Bits, javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter myOut)
{  
  try{ myOut.println("
"+Bits+"
"); } 
  catch(Exception eek) { }
}
%>
...
<%
  myFunc("more difficult than it should be",out);
%>

Try this, it worked for me!