# The Java EE 7 Tutorial

# 9.7 Examples of EL Expressions

Table 9-1 contains example EL expressions and the result of evaluating them.

Table 9-1 Example Expressions

EL Expression | Result
--- | ---
`${1> (4/2)}` | `false`
`${4.0>= 3}` | `true`
`${100.0 == 100}` | `true`
`${(10*10) ne 100}` | `false`
`${'a' > 'b'}` | `false`
`${'hip' lt 'hit'}` | `true`
`${4> 3}` | `true`
`${1.2E4 + 1.4}` | `12001.4`
`${3 div 4}` | `0.75`
`${10 mod 4}` | `2`
`${((x, y) -> x + y)(3, 5.5)}` | `8.5`
`[1,2,3,4].stream().sum()` | `10`
[1,3,5,2].stream().sorted().toList() | `[1, 2, 3, 5]`
`${!empty param.Add}` | `False` if the request parameter named `Add` is `null` or an empty string
`${pageContext.request.contextPath}` | The context path
`${sessionScope.cart.numberOfItems}` | The value of the `numberOfItems` property of the session-scoped attribute named `cart`
`${param['mycom.productId']}` | The value of the request parameter named `mycom.productId`
`${header["host"]}` | The host
`${departments[deptName]}` | The value of the entry named `deptName` in the `departments` map
    ${requestScope['javax.servlet.forward.servlet_path']}
| The value of the request-scoped attribute named `javax.servlet.forward.servlet_path`
`#{customer.lName}` | Gets the value of the property `lName` from the `customer` bean during an initial request; sets the value of `lName` during a postback
`#{customer.calcTotal}` | The return value of the method `calcTotal` of the `customer` bean