Simple increment of a local variable in views in ASP.NET MVC3 (Razor)

Question

Well, this is just embarrassing. I can't even figure out a simple increment in one of my views in ASP.NET MVC3 (Razor). I have done searches and it appears that the documentation for Razor is pretty sparse. Here is what I have tried and failed miserably:

@{     var counter = 1;      foreach (var item in Model.Stuff) {         ... some code ...         @{counter = counter + 1;}     } }    

I have also tried @{counter++;} just for kicks and to no avail =) I would appreciate it if someone could enlighten me. Thanks!

Answer 1

@{     int counter = 1;      foreach (var item in Model.Stuff) {         ... some code ...         counter = counter + 1;     } }   

Explanation:

@{ // csharp code block // everything in here is code, don't have to use @ int counter = 1; }  @foreach(var item in collection){     <div> - **EDIT** - html tag is necessary for razor to stop parsing c#     razor automaticaly recognize this as html <br/>     this is rendered for each element in collection <br/>     value of property: @item.Property <br/>     value of counter: @counter++     </div> } this is outside foreach 

Answer 2

I didn't find the answer here was very useful in c# - so here's a working example for anyone coming to this page looking for the c# example:

@{ int counter = 0; }   @foreach(Object obj in OtherObject) {     // do stuff     <p>hello world</p>     counter++; } 

Simply, as we are already in the @foreach, we don't need to put the increment inside any @{ } values.