Access global page variable in helper

Question

@{     int i = 0; }  @helper Text() {     <input type="text" name="Ans[@i].Text" /> } 

i is not accessible in helper. How to access it?

Answer 1

You can simply add it as member to you page by using @functions declaration:

@functions {     private int i; } 

Answer 2

You could pass it as parameter to the helper:

@helper Text(int i) {     <input type="text" name="Ans[@i].Text" /> } 

and then:

@{     int i = 0; } @SomeHelper.Text(i) 

or you could simply use editor templates which will take care of everything and get rid of those helpers. For example:

@Html.EditorFor(x => x.Ans)