title: Access C# Variable From JavaScript
body: <p>I have a public property in my code behind named Tab which I'm trying to access in the pages aspx file with javascript but I'm not sure how to get the right value.</p>
  
  <p>This gives me the value I want</p>
  
  <pre><code>alert('&lt;% Response.Write(this.Tab); %&gt;');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This does not</p>
  
  <pre><code> var x = &lt;% =this.Tab %&gt;;
   alert(x); 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>