Simple razor templating syntax to include a comma to separate the names

Question

I have the following razor template html, although I can't figure out how to include a comma to separate the names within the markup!? When trying the following code I get ; expected as a compiler error!. I'll also need to remove the last comma as well.

@foreach (People person in Model.People) {   person.Name, } 

I want: Ted, James, Jenny, Tom

Answer 1

What about string.Join instead of foreach (it even solves the comma after the last item problem):

@String.Join(", ", Model.People.Select(p => p.Name).ToArray()) 

Answer 2

You can use <text></text> to include literal content in a Razor template. To omit the last comma, I would use a for loop rather than foreach.

@{     var peopleList = Model.People.ToList();      for( int i = 0; i < peopleList.Count; i++ )     {         @peopleList[i].Name         if( i < peopleList[i].Count - 1 )         {             <text>,</text>         }     } } 

As @nemesv points out, if all you are doing is creating and displaying a delimited string, string.Join() is a cleaner way to accomplish this. If you are building more complex markup, you will probably need to use a loop.