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Mix Razor and Javascript code

Here is the code I’m trying to run:

    // Razor code!
    @if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) {

        // This is Javascript, NOT C#/Razor code. Hence the '@' symbol.
        var currentUser = @User.Identity.Name;

    } else {

        // Also Javascript code!
        var currentUser = null;
    }

Basically, I want to output this as Javascript if the user is logged in:

var currentUser = @User.Identity.Name;

Or this if the user is logged out:

var currentUser = null;

Answer 1

Well first you will want to change it to something like (remember your quotes around the @User.Identity.Name):

<script type="text/javascript">
var currentUser = null;
@if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) {
    <text>
        currentUser = '@User.Identity.Name';
    </text>
}
</script>

Then add some javascript:

<script type="text/javascript">
if (currentUser != null) {
    document.getElementById('loggedInUser').innerHTML = 'Welcome '+ currentUser;
}
</script>