Asp.net server-side code block explanations

Question

I've seen many different types of server side code blocks in aspx but never a simple key for what each means. I know some of these but it's really hard to search for symbols in a search engine! Can you help me out?

<% %> 
<%-- --%> 
<%@ %>
<%= %>
<%: %>
<%$ %>
<%# %>

Answer 1

• <% %> - Server side code
• <%-- --%> - Server Side Comment
• <%@ %> - Page Directive
• <%= %> - Display value
• <%: %> - HTML Encode
• <%$ %> - Datasource Expression
• <%# %> - Binding Expression

You can find a bit more information about some of them at "ASP.NET Page Syntax".