MVC model boolean display yes or no

Question

i have a boolean field in my model in mvc 4 entity framework 4.5

i want to display the field in my view

i use this call

@item.isTrue

but i got true or false,

i want to get yes when true and no when false

what should i do please?

Answer 1

In your view:

@(item.isTrue?"Yes":"No") 

Answer 2

You could use a custom html helper extension method like this:

@Html.YesNo(item.IsTrue)

Here is the code for this:

public static MvcHtmlString YesNo(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, bool yesNo)
{
    var text = yesNo ? "Yes" : "No";
    return new MvcHtmlString(text);
}

This way you could re-use it throughout the site with a single line of Razor code.

Answer 3

To expand on DigitalD's answer, you could consider wrapping this up in an extension method:

public static string ToFriendlyString(this Boolean b)
{
    return b ? "Yes" : "No";
}

Then you can use it all over the place:

@item.IsTrue.ToFriendlyString()