To give an example of typical JSTL syntax, here are some JSP snippets which use the core, format, and function parts of JSTL:

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>  
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %> 
...

<c:forEach var="restaurant" items="${itemsForListing}" varStatus="index">
 <tr class="row_highlight">
  <td title="Line Number">${index.count}</td>
  <td>${restaurant.name}</td>
  <td align="center">${restaurant.location}</td>
  <td>${restaurant.price}</td>
  <td align="center">${restaurant.comment}</td>
 </tr>
</c:forEach>
...

System Properties (${fn:length(systemProperties)})
<c:forEach var="entry" items="${systemProperties}">
 <b>${entry.key}</b> = ${entry.value}
</c:forEach>


<jsp:useBean id="now" class="java.util.Date" />
Copyright <fmt:formatDate value="${now}" pattern="yyyy" />