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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Views Using ViewBag

Margret Murphy
Margret Murphy
1,249 Points
Posted by Margret Murphy
Margret Murphy
1,249 Points

challenge 2 of 2 ViewBag property

I can't find what I've missed in this challenge. attaching printscreen of controller

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>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You have a stray "@" character.

You don't need the "@" in front of @ViewBag.Characters because the one in front of the @foreach causes the rest of the line to be interpreted in the C# mode.

Margret Murphy
Margret Murphy
1,249 Points
Margret Murphy
Margret Murphy
1,249 Points

Thank you, that makes sense!