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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Modeling and Presenting Data Using Strongly Typed Views

Herman Vicens
Herman Vicens
12,540 Points
Posted by Herman Vicens
Herman Vicens
12,540 Points

Something is wrong with the syntax and I can't see it. Please help!

Watch de video several times now. I can't find the error. Any ideas?

VideoGamesController.cs 
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Treehouse.Models;

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

           };
            return View(videoGame);
        }
    }
}
Detail.cshtml 
@{
    ViewBag.PageTitle = "Video Game Detail";
}

<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>
VideoGame.cs 
namespace Treehouse.Models
{
    // Don't make any changes to this class!
    public class VideoGame
    {
        public int      Id { get; set; }
        public string   Title { get; set; }
        public string   Description { get; set; }
        public string[] Characters { get; set; }
        public string   Publisher { get; set; }

        public string DisplayText
        {
            get
            {
                return Title + " (" + Publisher + ")";
            }
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The preview can be helpful. In this case, one of the errors displayed was a good clue: "The type or namespace name `Characters' could not be found."

This happened when the type of the "Characters" array was changed to type "Characters". That is not a defined type, and those items are still of type "string" (as defined in "VideoGame.cs").

Herman Vicens
Herman Vicens
12,540 Points
Herman Vicens
Herman Vicens
12,540 Points

Thanks. That was it! I should have catch that one...Thanks you.