is it possible to iterate two items simultaneously using foreach in jstl?

Question

I have two items from my model and I want to iterate them at the same using jstl foreach. how can I achieve this using a correct syntax?

Solution

You can call varStatus.index to get the index of the current round of iteration, and then use it as a lookup for the second list.

For example, if you have two lists people.firstnames and people.lastnames you can do:

<c:forEach var="p" items="${people.firstnames}" varStatus="status">
  <tr>
      <td>${p}</td>
      <td>${people.lastnames[status.index]}</td>
  </tr>
</c:forEach>