Difference between ( ) (parenthesis) and { } (curly brackets) in Razor

Question

What is the difference between them both. I thought they were the same but today I realized that they are not.

Why this is correct

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Answer 1

If you're familiar with WebForms, it's very similar to the difference between <%= %> (or <%: %>) and <% %>. The former is evaluated then outputted to the page, the latter is a block of code that can do whatever it needs (but isn't written to the page).