How to correctly split strings in JSTL?

Question

How can I split strings separated by \"/\" inside a jsp page using JSTL?

I have a string in this format: **

\"23/11/2010\"

Answer 1

It's worth noting for anyone else who finds this question in their searching (as I did) that JSTL has the useful tag . This will split the input string by a supplied delimiter and then iterate over the resultant collection of tokens.

As demonstrated here, the following code:

Would result in:

A
B
C
D

Documentation: JSTL core Tag forTokens