Name for Angle Bracket Percent Sign

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Is there a proper name for <%...> in ASP.NET, or do people really call it "Angle Bracket Percent"?

I'm going to go with *code block* or *render block*, according to [this MSDN page](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f0111sbh.aspx). — Michael Petrotta, Oct 24 '11 at 00:49

zellio · Answer 1 · 2011-10-24T16:35:50.740

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in ASP.NET <% ... %> represents server-side code which has been in-lined to an ASPX HTML document. The name would be dependent on which variety.

<% ... %> Normal Code block

<%= ... %> Serverside code wrapped in Response.Write()

<%# ... %> Specific to Databinding

<%-- --%> Server side comment

<%$ ... %> for expression bindings

edited Oct 24 '11 at 16:35

answered Oct 24 '11 at 00:49

zellio

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Let's not forget <%$ %> for expression bindings! – ScottE Oct 24 '11 at 10:58
And <%: ... %> is the same as <%= ... %>, but the output is HTML encoded and they've also introduced <%#: ... %> for HTML-encoded data-binding in .Net 4.5. – keithl8041 Aug 15 '14 at 12:15

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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According to MSDN, they are called code render blocks.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

Community

answered Oct 24 '11 at 02:27

pseudocoder

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 24 '11 at 00:48

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I've always called them code render blocks.

answered Oct 24 '11 at 00:48

ScottE

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 24 '11 at 00:49

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In this blog post they're called code nuggets.

answered Oct 24 '11 at 00:49

b3n

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 24 '11 at 00:48

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Its just a notation for an ASP/ASP.NET inline code block.

answered Oct 24 '11 at 00:48

Daniel A. White

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