Razor if condition difference

Question

Why is the second if statement incorrect? note that I attempted to make it a single line.

thanks

After Andrei Andrushkevich suggestion, red code. Tree and ul are red/squiggled. Plus the function param is red and all references in the blurred code is red.

Answer 1

The @: sequence indicates that the entire line of content that follows should be treated as a content block.

So @if (condition) { @: Some content } won't work because the last bracket is interpreted as content and another ending } will be expected.

For single line conditions you can use the <text> tag:

@if (condition) { <text>Some content</text> }