Question

i want to create a Dropdownlist with specific numbers in MVC

So in my model i have a property :

public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> Quantities { get; set; }

In my controller i instantiate my model :

Quantities = from s in numbers
             select new SelectListItem { Text = s.ToString()}

numbers is a int array with 10 numbers in it.

This code works but the problem is i cant get the value(index) of the array from ‘s’.

Does anyone know how i can get this value?

Answer 1

This is not possible with LINQ expressions. You could use the following:

Quantities = numbers.Select((s, index) => new SelectListItem 
{ 
    Value = index.ToString(), 
    Text = s.ToString()
);