asp.net - <%=.....%> question

[tony collier]

i have just seen this in some code:
<option

<%

if (Request.QueryString["Category"] == values[i])

{
Response.Write("selected");
}

%>

<%=values[i]%>

</option>

where values[i] is an array of string values.
I was just wondering how come <%=values[i]%> is allowed?

shouldn't this be <% Response.Write(values[i]) %> ?

I thought the bits between <% %> tag was supposed to be snippets of
whole code i.e. one can't write a statement that begins with an equals
sign in c# or vb?

[Rob Teixeira [MVP]]

In the inline asp code, if you start the expression with '=' then it
basically does a Response.Write of the result of your expression.
It's almost like saying this chunk of HTML is equal to the following
expression...
I suppose it's mostly for backwards compatibility with older (pre-.NET) ASP.

-Rob Teixeira [MVP]

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i have just seen this in some code:
<option

<%

if (Request.QueryString["Category"] == values[i])

{
Response.Write("selected");
}

%>

<%=values[i]%>

</option>

where values[i] is an array of string values.
I was just wondering how come <%=values[i]%> is allowed?

shouldn't this be <% Response.Write(values[i]) %> ?

I thought the bits between <% %> tag was supposed to be snippets of
whole code i.e. one can't write a statement that begins with an equals
sign in c# or vb?