Jsp use out from method

<%!
private void myFunc(String Bits, javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter myOut)
{  
  try{ myOut.println("<div>"+Bits+"</div>"); } 
  catch(Exception eek) { }
}
%>
...
<%
  myFunc("more difficult than it should be",out);
%>

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/138999/how-to-output-html-from-jsp-block