How to render ViewBag.Message when it is not null but without a temporary variable?

Question

I can render ViewBag.Message in a Razor view as follows.

<h1>Message: @{string message = ViewBag.Message?? "Empty";} @message</h1>

Is there any shorter way to do so without using a temporary variable message?

Answer 1

Try using an explicit expression with parenthesis:

<h1>Message: @(ViewBag.Message ?? "Empty")</h1>