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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Views Using ViewBag

gnstudenko
gnstudenko
2,848 Points
Posted by gnstudenko
gnstudenko
2,848 Points

Using ViewBag Challenge Part 2 Not allowing me to continue

The error says I didn't change characters with @ViewBag.Characters but I did, it just wont allow me to continue, any ideas on how to get through?

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

You're really close!

The "@" symbol before foreach causes the rest of the line to be in C# mode, so you should not use that symbol when you reference ViewBag.Characters in that same line.

gnstudenko
gnstudenko
2,848 Points
gnstudenko
gnstudenko
2,848 Points

Thanks Steven! great to know that!