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Rob
Rob

Reputation: 199

Error 'cannot convert from bool to list<bool> when using checkboxfor in a for loop that is within another for loop?

I am trying to create a quiz, the quiz has questions that require a single answer and questions that require multiple answers to be selected. For the questions that require multiple answers to be selected I am using the Checkboxfor helper. I'll shorten all my code for the sake of the question. I have a viewmodel which is sent to the page:

public class QuizViewModel
{
    public int QuizQuestionID { get; set; }
    public int QuizID { get; set; }
    public int EnrollmentID { get; set; }
    public int OldCoursePageID { get; set; }
    public string Question { get; set; }
    public int Order { get; set; }
    public int Type { get; set; }
    public string SelectedAnswer { get; set; }
    public IList<QuizAnswers> QuizAnswers { get; set; }


}

The model QuizAnswers which is used in the viewModel:

public class QuizAnswers
{
    [Key]
    public int QuizAnsID { get; set; }
    public int QuizQuestionID { get; set; }
    public string Answer { get; set; }
    public int Order { get; set; }
    public bool Correct { get; set; }

    public virtual QuizQuestions QuizQuestions { get; set; }

}

In my view I have a loop for the questions and then for the answers:

for (var i = 0; i < Model.Count(); i++)
{
if (Model[i].Type == 2)
            {
                for (int k = 0; k < Model[i].QuizAnswers.Count(); k++)
                {
                    <li>
                        @Html.CheckBoxFor(Model[i].QuizAnswers[k].Correct, new { value = false, id = "checkanswer", data_questionid = @Model[i].Order })
                        @Html.DisplayFor(model => Model[i].QuizAnswers[k].Answer)
                    </li>
                }
            }
}

I am receiving the error on the checkboxfor helper. I was planning on creating a field for the boolean returned by the checkbox, however I just tested to see if I could create the helper and populate the already existing Correct boolean field with the checkbox boolean and ran into this problem.

As far as I can see:

Model[i].QuizAnswers[k].Correct

Should provide a single bool to populate not a list. Where am I going wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 87

Answers (1)

willwolfram18
willwolfram18

Reputation: 1887

You're missing the model => part of your Html.CheckBoxFor. If you add that like you have in your @Html.DisplayFor it should take the error away

Upvotes: 1

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