ASP.NET angle brackets with '#' or '='. Who cares?

Question

Duplicate: ASP.NET "special" tags

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I work with PHP, which uses <? ?>or <?php ?>as server tags, but what is the meaning and use in ASP.NET <%**#** %>and <%**=** %>?

Answer 1

<%# %> indicates a data binding operation and is only valid in DataBinding controls (such as DataGrid, ListView, etc.).

<%= %>is an abbreviation of HttpContext.Current.Response.Write. It will call a method .ToString()for any call to an object / method (execpt for strings, it can be smart enough not to ToString a string).

Answer 2

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ASP.Net, <% = <% #