EL: compare two character variable problem

Hi,

I have a java bean class.

publicclass Student{

publicchar getSex(){...}

}

EL:

${requestScope.st.sex =='M'}

throws an exception about converting String to Long

How do I treat 'M' as a char not a String?

[583 byte] By [Andersona] at [2007-11-27 4:15:31]