Name for Angle Bracket Percent Sign [duplicate]

Question

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ASP.NET “special” tags

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

See Meaning of the Various Symbols in aspx page for more information on this topic.

According to MSDN, they are called code render blocks.

Answer 3

I've always called them code render blocks.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k6xeyd4z.aspx

Answer 4

In this blog post they're called code nuggets.

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