Question

I have a master page called Default.master. I want to set the title using ViewBag.Title. On my controller I have:

public ActionResult Index()
{
    ViewBag.Title = "Home";
    return View();
}

My Home view uses Default.master as the master view page. On the master view page I am using:

<title><%= ViewBag.Title %></title>

But I get this error:

The call is ambiguous between the following methods or properties: 'System.IO.TextWriter.Write(string, params object[])' and 'System.IO.TextWriter.Write(char[])'

How can I use it properly?

Answer 1

From this blog post I saw a syntax that I’ve never seen before:

<%: %>

This prints an expression, so using:

<%: ViewBag.Title %>

I got the correct value.