ASP.NET Repeater bind List<string>

Question

I am binding a List<string> to a Repeater control. Now I want to use the Eval function to display the contents in ItemTemplate like

<%# Eval("NAME") %>.   

But I am not sure what I should use instead of NAME.

Answer 1

Just use <%# Container.DataItem.ToString() %>

If you are worried about null values you may want to refactor to this (.NET 6+)

<asp:Repeater ID="repeater" runat="server">     <ItemTemplate>         <%# Container.DataItem?.ToString() ?? string.Empty%>     </ItemTemplate> </asp:Repeater> 

Note if you are using less than .NET 6 you cannot use the null-conditional operator Container.DataItem?.ToString()

Answer 2

Set the ItemType to System.String

<asp:Repeater ItemType="System.String" runat="server">     <ItemTemplate>         <%# Item %>     </ItemTemplate> </asp:Repeater>