See this:
The difference between Response.Write()
and Response.Output.Write()
in ASP.NET. The short answer is that the latter gives you String.Format-style
output and the former doesn't. The long answer follows.
In ASP.NET the Response
object is of type HttpResponse
and when you say Response.Write
you're really saying (basically) HttpContext.Current.Response.Write
and calling one of the many overloaded Write
methods of HttpResponse
.
Response.Write
then calls .Write()
on it's internal TextWriter
object:
public void Write(object obj){ this._writer.Write(obj);}
HttpResponse
also has a Property called Output
that is of type, yes, TextWriter
, so:
public TextWriter get_Output(){ return this._writer; }
Which means you can do the Response
whatever a TextWriter
will let you. Now, TextWriters support a Write()
method aka String.Format
, so you can do this:
Response.Output.Write("Scott is {0} at {1:d}", "cool",DateTime.Now);
But internally, of course, this is happening:
public virtual void Write(string format, params object[] arg)
{
this.Write(string.Format(format, arg));
}