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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Views Using ViewBag

Tanya Torres
Tanya Torres
9,791 Points
Posted by Tanya Torres
Tanya Torres
9,791 Points

What did I do wrong?

I followed the example in the video precisely...or so I thought.

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;

}

<!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>
Tanya Torres
Tanya Torres
9,791 Points
Tanya Torres
Tanya Torres
9,791 Points

I apologize. I was asked to do this: " 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. "

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

Does that mean you've resolved your issue?

1 Answer

Edward Ries
Edward Ries
7,388 Points

This is a sneaky one. Your @foreach statement switch us from html back to C#. Since ViewBag is C# you and we are already in the middle of a C# function we don't need the @ symbol before ViewBag.Characters.

Tanya Torres
Tanya Torres
9,791 Points
Tanya Torres
Tanya Torres
9,791 Points

Thank you! I'll try that