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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Views Using ViewBag

Posted by shawn khah
shawn khah
15,082 Points

can't solve challenge2 of 2

Challenge Task 2 of 2

Update the Detail.cshtml view to use the ViewBag data. Remove the title, description, and characters variables. Replace the title, description, and characters references with the respective ViewBag properties. Bummer! Did you remove the 'title', 'description', and 'characters' variables? Restart Preview Get Help Recheck work VideoGamesController.cs Detail.cshtml

1 @{ 2 Layout = null; 3

4 var title = "Super Mario 64"; 5 var description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64."; 6 var characters = new string[] 7 { 8 "Mario", 9 "Princess Peach", 10 "Bowser", 11 "Toad", 12 "Yoshi" 13 }; 14 } 15 ​ 16 <!DOCTYPE html> 17 ​ 18 <html> 19 <head> 20 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" /> 21 <title>Video Game Detail</title> 22 </head> 23 <body> 24 <div> 25 <h1>@ViewBag.title</h1> 26

27 <h5>Description:</h5> 28 <div>@ViewBag.description</div> 29

30 <h5>Characters:</h5> 31 <div> 32 <ul> 33 @foreach (var character in ViewBag.Characters) 34 { 35 <li>@character</li> 36 } 37 </ul> 38 </div> 39 </div> 40 </body> 41 </html> 42 ​

VideoGamesController.cs 
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace Treehouse.Controllers
{
    public class VideoGamesController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Detail()
        {
            ViewBag.Title = "Super Mario 64";
            ViewBag.Description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.";
            ViewBag.Characters = new string[]
            {
                "Mario",
                "Princess Peach",
                "Bowser",
                "Toad",
                "Yoshi"
            };

            return View();
        }
    }
}
Detail.cshtml 
@{
    Layout = null;

    var title = "Super Mario 64";
    var description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.";
    var characters = new string[]
    {
        "Mario",
        "Princess Peach",
        "Bowser",
        "Toad",
        "Yoshi"
    };
}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Video Game Detail</title>
</head>
<body>
    <div>
        <h1>@ViewBag.title</h1>

        <h5>Description:</h5>
        <div>@ViewBag.description</div>

        <h5>Characters:</h5>
        <div>
            <ul>
                 @foreach (var character in ViewBag.Characters)
                {
                    <li>@character</li>
                }
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Hannu Shemeikka
Hannu Shemeikka
16,799 Points
Hannu Shemeikka
Hannu Shemeikka
16,799 Points

Hi,

Your VideoGamesController.cs is fine but you need to remove those variables after "Layout = null;" line. It should work after removing those title, description, and characters variables from Detail.cshtml

shawn khah
shawn khah
15,082 Points

thanks hannu