Question

This is the Code I’m having problems with:

@{int i = 1;}
@foreach (var item in Model)
{
    @:<ul id="sortablei" class='droptrue'>
    i++;
}

How can I use i in the id sortablei?
I tried: @i or @{i} but it seems without a space before the i its not working.
I couldn’t find an answer to my problem in the Razor Syntax Reference so I’m a bit clueless right now.

Answer 1

Brackets:

@:<ul id="sortable@(i)" class='droptrue'>

The brackets here scope the razor expression; in many cases they aren’t required, however they are necessary when:

• the expression (on the right) is non-trivial (spaces. etc) and needs help to scope it
• where without it, it looks like an email address, i.e. abc@def – this has special handling to avoid breaking pages with email addresses in them