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ASP Uses VBScript

The default scripting language in ASP is VBScript.

A scripting language is a lightweight programming language.

VBScript is a light version of Microsoft's Visual Basic.

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ASP files can be ordinary HTML files. In addition, ASP files can also contain server scripts.

Scripts surrounded by <% and %> are executed on the server.

The Response.Write() method is used by ASP to write output to HTML.

The following example writes "Hello World" into HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<%
Response.Write("Hello World!")
%>
</body>
</html>

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To set JavaScript as the scripting language for a web page you must insert a language specification at the top of the page:

<%@ language="javascript"%>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<%
Response.Write("Hello World!")
%>
</body>
</html>

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