String Operators in EL

Hi,

EL code
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${"a"+2}
OUTPUT = 3
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Normal Scripting
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<%
out.println("1"+2);
%>

OUTPUT :- 12
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Can someone tell me why there is difference in output?... isn't it should be same
[ June 04, 2007: Message edited by: deepak adlakha ]

${"a"+2}
OUTPUT = 3

Really ? Did you mean ${"1"+2} ?
EL treats arithmetic operations as "arithmetic", not string concatenation. The rule is then different from Java.
With an addition, the container tries to convert both arguments into numbers, and sums them up.

yup i meant ${"1"+2} only.

Thanks for explaination. But why it treats different as compare to java ?

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[ June 04, 2007: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]