Question

I have a IEnumerable ViewModel. This has the same names and I want to select only one name and display it in the header. Please suggest.

My code is a below. I am trying to use distinct but it does not work

@foreach (var item in Model.abc)
{
    {
        <table>
          <tr>
            <td style="width:100px" >@Html.Label("Name")</td>
            <td style="width:225px"> @Html.DisplayTextFor(model => item.Name.Distinct())</td>
          </tr>
        </table>
    }
}

To be more specific: my result will have only names {a,a,a,a,a} so I just want to pick the single {a} and display it.

Answer 1

This has the same names and i want to select only one name and display
it in the header.

If they all are the same and assuming Name implements IEnumerable you could try First:

Update: add a new property to your model

otherProperty = item.Name.First();

Then:

@Html.DisplayTextFor(model => item.otherProperty)