Getting values from a map in JSTL

[Gabriel Claramunt]

Howdy!
I spent a lot of time with this problem: I have map of values in the request, I'm iterating over another collection and I want to get values from the map with keys I got from the collection.
Something like:
<c:forEach items="${myCollection}" value="elem" >
<c:out value="${myMap[elem.key]}" />
</c:forEach>
but no way 'myMap[elem.key]' doesn't work!
I've tried various combinations, without luck.
(finally I did it by iterating over the map and comparing the key, but that should be the map's work!)
Somebody saw something like this?

[Bear Bibeault]

"It doesn't work" is not a useful description of the problem.

Your syntax is fine. Have you verified that the map is really in the request? Have you verified that elem.key contains what you expect on each iteration?

[Gabriel Claramunt]

At least I'm glad the sintax seems fine
I gave up when I reached the point where I had:
<c:set var="aKey" value="<some key I know is in the map>" />
<c:out value="${aKey == elem.key} /> <-- result: true
<c:out value="${myMap[aKey]}" /> <--- result: the value I expected
<c:out value="${myMap[elem.key]}" /> <--- result: empty!!

I'll keep experimenting, because I'm quite puzzled...