Question

Here is my jQuery code:

 $.get('/Home/GetList', function(data) {
             debugger;
             $('#myMultiSelect').val(data);
         });

Here is my controller code:

    public ActionResult GetList(int id)
    {
        int[] bodyParts = _repository.GetList(id);

       //how do i return this as an array back to javascript ??
    }

if I have the GetList function return an array of integers, how do I return this to the jQuery function?

Answer 1

Return it as a JsonResult instead of ActionResult, which javascript can easily deal with. See a blog article here.

This will look something like:

public JsonResult GetList(int id)
{
   int[] bodyParts = _repository.GetList(id);

   return this.Json(bodyParts);
}

Then use getJSON() to retrieve it:

 $.getJSON('/Home/GetList', null, function(data) {
             debugger;
             $('#myMultiSelect').val(data);
         });