Convert arrayList to javascript array

Question

I am sending an arrayList from a java file to a .jsp file

In order to receive that array I used the following code

var words = 
        [
            <c:forEach begin="0" items="${requestScope.WordList}" var = "word">
                word,
             </c:forEach>
        ];

however it is not working .. any Idea of how to do it ?

Answer 1

Possible fix (Bad fix):

var words = 
    [
        <c:forEach items="${requestScope.WordList}" var="word" 
         varStatus="status">
          "${word}"<c:if test="${not status.last}">,</c:if>
        </c:forEach>
    ];

OR

Convert the Java ArrayList to JSON String, and use JSON.parse() to get Javascript object.