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Hamman359
Hamman359

Reputation: 1052

Why isn't Razor recognizing a variable without wrapping it in parenthesis in some cases?

I have a section of Razor code in one of my views that isn't behaving the way I expect. The code in question contains multiple locations where I need to append the value of a variable from the Model onto an html attribute. The code below is a slightly simplified version of the markup on my page (I've removed some of the markup 'noise' that wasn't important to this example and just made the code harder to read).

There are three instances where I use @topic.StandardTopicId. The 1st and 2nd instances get replaced as I expected, but the 3rd instance name="[email protected]" renders without replacing the variable.

Code in question:

@foreach(var topic in Model.Group) {
    <div id="[email protected]" class="topic-frame">
       <label>
           <input type="radio" name="IsCovered_@(topic.StandardTopicId)" />
           No
       </label>
       <label>
           <input type="radio" name="[email protected]" />
            Yes
        </label>
    </div>
}

Sample of the output from the above code block:

...
<div id="frame-42" class="topic-frame">
    <label>
        <input type="radio" name="IsCovered_42" />
        No
    </label>
    <label>
        <input type="radio" name="[email protected]" value="No" />
        Yes
    </label>
</div>
...

Can anyone explain why the last instance of the variable is not being replaced and is instead being rendered as is?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2528

Answers (2)

Jazaret
Jazaret

Reputation: 3705

Razor will not parse the "@" in the middle of a word. The underscore is treated as part of a word as opposed to the dash. Use @() to place Razor code within words. @(topic.StandardTopicId)

Upvotes: 6

Ryan Lundy
Ryan Lundy

Reputation: 210280

Here's a reference to Razor syntax: C# Razor Syntax Quick Reference

Most likely, Razor considers [email protected] a valid e-mail address format, and therefore leaves it as-is.

Upvotes: 5

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