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ravisilva
ravisilva

Reputation: 259

what does " <%: " do?

I have seen the following tag as an answer to a question:

<%: Model.FirstName %>

what does " <%: " do?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 1172

Answers (2)

user513234
user513234

Reputation:

There is some useful information for this: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/04/06/new-lt-gt-syntax-for-html-encoding-output-in-asp-net-4-and-asp-net-mvc-2.aspx

Upvotes: 2

Erwin
Erwin

Reputation: 4817

It html encodes the output of Firstname, this prevents encoding attacks like cross-side scripting (XSS).

Html encoded:

<%: Model.FirstName %>

Normal output:

<%= Model.FirstName %>

More info can by found at this blog post:

New <%: %> Syntax for HTML Encoding Output in ASP.NET 4 (and ASP.NET MVC 2)

Upvotes: 6

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