asp.net mvc razor - how to break out of C#

Question

If I'm working on a view in Razor, and I'm currently in a code block and want to output something, how do I do this? To illustrate my question, I'm using echo from PHP below:

<p>
  @if (Model.NumberOfWidgets > 100)
  {
    echo(Model.NumberOfWidgets);
  }
  else
  {
    echo("There are loads of widgets.");
  }
</p>

So I'm using echo where I want to tell Razor that I'm not doing C# anymore, I'm meaning this should be written to the output. How do I do this?

Edit: I tried Response.Write, but that gets written before the view markup, at the top of the page!

Answer 1

<p>
  @if (Model.NumberOfWidgets > 100)
  {
    @Html.DisplayFor(m => m.NumberOfWidgets)
  }
  else
  {
    @:There are loads of widgets  //or <text>Thera are loads of widgets</text>
  }
</p>

Answer 2

Begin your line with @: this will tell Razor that it's actually ouput that you want to show and not C# code.

<p>
  @if (Model.NumberOfWidgets > 100)
  {
    @: @Model.NumberOfWidgets
  }
  else
  {
    @: There are loads of widgets.
  }
</p>