title: EL syntax error is en
body: <p>The following statement in JSP page encounters error near first <strong>equals</strong> occurence.What is the reason and how we can solve this problem.Please rectify me as soon as possible </p>
  
  <pre><code>${(fn:length(updateStock.todayDimensionStones)==i.count) &amp;&amp; (!DimensionStones.status.equals('New')||!DimensionStones.isInspected.equals('No'))}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Page is loaded successfully.But in JBOSS VISUAL STUDIO editor says that                                                               </p>
  
  <pre><code>Multiple annotations found at this line:- Encountered "(" at line 1, 
       column 86. 
  Was expecting one of: 
      "." ... 
      "&gt;" ... 
      "gt" ... 
      "&lt;" ... 
      "lt" ... 
      "==" ... 
      "eq" ... 
      "&lt;=" ... 
      "le" ... 
      "&gt;=" ... 
      "ge" ... 
      "!=" ... 
      "ne" ... 
      ")" ... 
      "[" ... 
      "+" ... 
      "-" ... 
      "*" ... 
      "/" ... 
      "div" ... 
      "%" ... 
      "mod" ... 
      "and" ... 
      "&amp;&amp;;&amp;&amp;;" ... 
      "or" ... 
      "||" ... 
  
      - EL Syntax Error 
      - Encountered "(" at line 1, 
       column 86. 
  Was expecting one of: 
      "." ... 
      "&gt;" ... 
      "gt" ... 
      "&lt;" ... 
      "lt" ... 
      "==" ... 
      "eq" ... 
      "&lt;=" ... 
      "le" ... 
      "&gt;=" ... 
      "ge" ... 
      "!=" ... 
      "ne" ... 
      ")" ... 
      "[" ... 
      "+" ... 
      "-" ... 
      "*" ... 
      "/" ... 
      "div" ... 
      "%" ... 
      "mod" ... 
      "and" ... 
      "&amp;&amp;;&amp;&amp;;" ... 
      "or" ... 
      "||" ...
  </code></pre>