Asp.net MVC 3 Razor code problem in a if statement

Question

I have the following asp.net mvc 3 razor code, where "item" is my model,

<a @if (item.Selected) { class="youarehere" } href="@item.Href" title="@item.Title">@item.Description</a>

This code throws up the following error,

CS1513: } expected

which is pointing to

class="youarehere"

portion of the code, but I could not figure out why. Could someone help point out how to fix it please? Thank you.

Morteza Tavakoli · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-18 18:53:06Z

4

Try This:

<a @(item.Selected ? "class='youarehere'" : "") href="@item.Href" ...

answered Apr 18, 2011 at 18:44

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Chandu · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-16 06:06:49Z

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Try this:

<a @if (item.Selected) { @:class="youarehere" } 
 href="@item.Href" 
 title="@item.Title">
 @item.Description
</a>

answered Jan 16, 2011 at 5:50

Chandu

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This doesn't work for me, it seems to treat the '}' as part of the '@:' =/ (and putting a '@' in front of the bracket doesn't help either.