ASP.NET MVC 4 - Cannot perform runtime binding on a null reference

Question

I am trying to output a player's stats in a table. Not all players will have stats depending on the day. I have tried other ways and all are still complaining. Here is the code I have now:

      <tbody>
            @foreach(var player in @ViewBag.Roster){
                int index = 0;
                <tr>
                    <td>@player.Name, @player.TeamName @player.Position</td>
                    if(@ViewBag.Stats[index] == null){
                        <td>--</td>
                        <td>--</td>
                        <td>--</td>
                        <td>--</td>
                    }
                    else{
                        <td>@ViewBag.Stats[index].Points</td>
                        <td>@ViewBag.Stats[index].Rebounds</td>
                        <td>@ViewBag.Stats[index].Assists</td>
                        <td>@ViewBag.Stats[index].Turnovers</td>                        
                    }
                </tr>
                index++;
            }

        </tbody>

Exception Details: Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.RuntimeBinderException: Cannot perform runtime binding on a null reference

Source Error:

Line 32: }

Line 33: else{

Line 34: @ViewBag.Stats[index].Points

Line 35: @ViewBag.Stats[index].Rebounds

Line 36: @ViewBag.Stats[index].Assists

Answer 1

OK I am posting the full answer here -

1. Try @ before if(@ViewBag.Stats[index] == null){ and remove @ from @ViewBag inside the if so that it look like this - @if(ViewBag.Stats[index] == null){

2. You are setting index = 0, inside foreach, so it is initialised in every loop. Initialise it outside foreach like this

   var index = 0; foreach ...

if you are facing problem for the scope try this -

@{
    var index = 0;
    foreach (....) {
        .......
        index++
    }
}