What is the <%= %> tag in this HTML called?

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I found this <%= %> tag in some HTML, I haven't seen this in any tutorials. What is this called?

<div class="lt-toggle-btn" >
        <div class = "row">
            <a class="reflection-questions-title" href="#resources/videos/<%- CONTENTID %>">
                <i class="fa fa-youtube-play"></i>
                <p class="reflection-title col-xs-11 col-sm-11 col-md-11"><%- CONTENTNAME %></p>
            </a>
        </div>
</div>

Was it in core related to Ruby on Rails that you saw this pattern? — Michael Berkowski, Jan 30 '15 at 03:47
See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9208728/embedded-ruby-erb-tags — Michael Berkowski, Jan 30 '15 at 03:48
Heres a link to read: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/957284/whats-the-deal — Harrichael, Jan 30 '15 at 03:52
@MichaelBerkowski- It could also be a JSP tag to embed return value of an expression. Where did you encounter this OP ? — anu, Jan 30 '15 at 03:57
It's not HTML. You are not giving us all the information. -1 — Lightness Races in Orbit, Aug 07 '15 at 17:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 07 '15 at 17:03

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In ASP.NET, these are called Code Render Blocks. You can check these links for details:

Code Render Blocks and Embedded Code Blocks

edited Aug 07 '15 at 17:03

Lightness Races in Orbit

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answered Jan 30 '15 at 04:20

Swati Makkar

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thanks. thanks now I can proceed. Too bad I can't upvote your answer. – Karias Bolster Jan 30 '15 at 04:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 30 '15 at 03:48

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This is an erb or Embedded RuBy tag. It is widely used in the Ruby on Rails website development platform. More can be found here

answered Jan 30 '15 at 03:48

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 30 '15 at 04:24

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That is in ASP, opening and closing tags. It is a different language completely form html

<% is the open and %> closes. with the hyphens, its a comment.

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Why would a comment be used here? That makes no sense and suggests that this is something else instead. – Lightness Races in Orbit Aug 07 '15 at 17:02

What is the <%= %> tag in this HTML called?

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