Question

I have a foreach loop that builds hyperlinks based on the number of items in the model. It’s working fine, except the part that says: ProgramId = @item.ProgramIds.First() is only returning the first program ID for each ProgramType. What is the syntax for letting it loop through all of the program ID’s rather than just the first?

@model IEnumerable<CMESurvey.ViewModels.ProgramTypeViewModel>
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Home";
}
@foreach (var item in Model)
{ 
    <h2>@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.ProgramTypes)</h2> 

    <ul>
        @foreach (var ProgramTitles in item.ProgramTitles)
        {
            <li>

                @Html.ActionLink(@ProgramTitles, "Results", "SurveyResponse", new { ProgramId = @item.ProgramIds.First() }, null)
    </li>
    }
</ul>

}

   public class ProgramTypeViewModel
    {
        public int ProgramTypeIds { get; set; }

        public IEnumerable<string> ProgramTitles { get; set; }

        public IEnumerable<int> ProgramIds { get; set; }

        public IEnumerable<string> ProgramTypes { get; set; }

    } 

Controller action:

 public ViewResult Home()
        {
            var data = from SurveyProgramModel in surveyProgramRepository.Get()
                       group SurveyProgramModel by SurveyProgramModel.ProgramTypeId into programTypeGroup
           select new ProgramTypeViewModel()
           {

               ProgramTypeIds = programTypeGroup.Key,
               ProgramIds = programTypeGroup.Select(r => r.ProgramId),
               ProgramTitles = programTypeGroup.Select(r => r.ProgramTitle),
               ProgramTypes = programTypeGroup.Select(r => r.ProgramType.ProgramType).Distinct(),
           };

            return View(data);
        }

Answer 1

I’m a little bit confused with your model and query. As far as I can understand, there should be a relationship between program and type, which there isn’t.

So, I’d strongly recommend you to review your viewmodel and its query.

However, see if this helps:

@foreach (var currentProgramTypeViewModel in Model)
        { 
            foreach(string currentProgramType in currentProgramTypeViewModel.ProgramTypes)
            {
                <h2>@currentProgramType</h2> 

                <ul>
                    @for (int mProgramIndex = 0; mProgramIndex < currentProgramTypeViewModel.ProgramIds.Count(); mProgramIndex++)
                    {
                        var programTitle = currentProgramTypeViewModel.ProgramTitles.ToList<string>()[mProgramIndex];
                        var programId = currentProgramTypeViewModel.ProgramIds.ToList<int>()[mProgramIndex];
                        <li>
                            @Html.ActionLink(programTitle, "Results", "SurveyResponse", new { ProgramId = programId }, null)
                        </li>
                    }
                </ul>
            }
        }