# Meaning of \<%%

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/meaning-of/158073>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 19, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/meaning-of/158073 "2009-01-19T02:39:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![chero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@chero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chero)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/meaning-of/158073/1 "2009-01-19T02:39:39Z")

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What does this syntax in an erb file mean?

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**Author:** ![chero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@chero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chero)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/meaning-of/158073/2 "2009-01-19T03:14:45Z")

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On 19 Jan 2009, at 01:39, James E. wrote:

> What does this syntax in an erb file mean?

Literal \<%  
See [http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/erb/rdoc/classes/ERB.html](http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/erb/rdoc/classes/ERB.html)

Fred