What is the difference between <%: item["Title"] %> and <%= item["Title"] %>

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Are <%: and <%= the same thing as embbed code (expression) blocks

I am developing an ASP.NET MVC 2 application using .NET 4.0. Just wanted to know, what is the difference between

 <%: item["Title"] %>

and

 <%= item["Title"] %>

?

see also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2676236/are-and-the-same-thing-as-embbed-code-expression-blocks — Ralph Shillington, Mar 04 '11 at 18:48

Justin Niessner · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-04T18:40:22.047

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The first will automatically HTML Encode the value. The second won't.

<%: item["Title"] %>

is equivalent to

<%= Html.Encode(item["Title"]) %>

edited Mar 04 '11 at 18:40

answered Mar 04 '11 at 18:30

Justin Niessner

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And to avoid double encoding, `<%: %>` will _not_ HTML Encode types that implement `IHtmlString`. – David Kolar Mar 04 '11 at 19:56

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