s:if String comparison not working

[D kukreja]

I have a map in my action , and iterating thru it in my jsp.
the s:if comparison works in some cases and doesn't work sometimes.the s roperty prints "Yes" , but still the else block is executed.

heres the code
<s:iterator value="isTrailAvailable">
<s:if test='key.equals("${templang1}")'>
<s roperty value="value"/> //prints Yes here
<s:if test='value.trim().equals("Yes")'>
YES:::<s roperty value="value"/>
</s:if>
<s:else>
NO:::<s roperty value="value"/> //prints Yes here</s:else>
</s:if>
</s:iterator>
not sure why it wud go to else block when the value printed is Yes.

[David Newton]

Please use the UBB "code" tags when posting code, and disable smilies.

<s:iterator value="isTrailAvailable">
  <s:if test='key.equals("${templang1}")'>
    <s:property value="value"/> //prints Yes here
    <s:if test='value.trim().equals("Yes")'>
      YES::: <s:property value="value"/>
    </s:if>
    <s:else>
      NO::: <s:property value="value"/> //prints Yes here 
    </s:else>
  </s:if>
</s:iterator>

The first thing I would consider is that I doubt there's any practical way to determine *which* <s:if...> the <s:else...> is associated with, which could lead to unexpected results.

Is the value of "value" actually "Yes", with no spaces? (If so, why bother with the trim before the compare?)

[D kukreja]

I know the <s:else> is associated with second <s:if> since it is printing the "NO::" and then value , which is "Yes". Also I tried to put trim , as it is not going to the if block sometimes. So, I thought it might have spaces.The value is actually "Yes" as it is printed on the screen as well..any more ideas?

[David Newton]

Unless you're looking at the rendered HTML and have print guard characters around the "yes" you won't know that it's actually "Yes" (no spaces).

Without seeing the data used to produce the error I can't run anything on my own; if you have the relevant action code available please post it.