using &#40 instead of (

crmpicco · March 23rd, 2006, 09:13 AM

Code:

pstCostTxt = "#40;#43;&pound;" & formatNumber(iCalcDiff) &"#41;"

I have this code in my Classic ASP page, it will display

Code:

(+Â£40.00)

Is there any benefit in coding the HTML codes instead on

Code:

pstCostTxt = (+Â£" & formatNumber(iCalcDiff) &")"

What is generally thought of as the correct way to do this.

Thanks.

Picco

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drhowarddrfine · March 23rd, 2006, 09:45 AM

I don't know ASP so perhaps I'm not following but the only thing that matters, as far as HTML is concerned, is the output HTML. How you code it in ASP doesn't matter to the browser.

As far as to whether to use the entity references, they are very much preferred in XML and XHTML and are particularly important with unicode and international things.

crmpicco · March 23rd, 2006, 11:01 AM

i was just thinking of when the page is read?

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meow · March 26th, 2006, 05:56 PM

By whom or what?

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dparsons · March 28th, 2006, 12:08 AM

It makes no difference to the page output one way or another.

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crmpicco · April 10th, 2006, 09:06 AM

thanks dparsons, I think for readability '(' would be best........

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