ASP Special Characters

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ASP Special Characters

All the special characters that you see when programming ASP can be a little overwhelming at first. This lesson is aimed at providing a succinct look at the most common special characters that occur within ASP. This lesson will cover the following character/symbol combinations:

   

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* &
    * '
    * _
    * :
    * .
    * <%...%>
    * <%=...%>

That's pretty ugly and confusing to look at, so let's get right in to the details of each of the symbols and see what they mean.

String Concatenation: The Ampersand &

You can combine strings with the ampersand character. It acts as a glue between one or more strings to create one large string. See our Strings Lesson for a more detailed look at strings and string concatenation. Below is an example of the ampersand concatenating two strings.

ASP Code:

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<%
Dim myString
myString = "One String"
myString = myString & " another string"
Response.Write(myString)
%>

Display:

One String another string