Evaluate list.contains string in JSTL

Question

I need to hide an element if certain values are present in the JSP

The values are stored in a List so I tried:

Answer 1

I found this solution amazing.

<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %> 
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" prefix="fn" %>
<%
   ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
   list.add("one");
   list.add("two");
   list.add("three");
%>



        My list is ${list}


        My list contains two 



        My list contains , 

The output for the code above is

My list is [one, two, three]

My list contains two

My list contains ,

I hope it helps someone.