c# string[] to jquery string list?

Question

tried using the following but it's not the solution

controller:

var list = new [] { "one", "two", "three" };
ViewData["List"] = javaScriptSerializer.Serialize(list);

jquery:

var list = [ '@ViewData["List"]' ];
$("#numbers").autocomplete({
    source: list
});

no such thing as jquery string list... check the server output for "var list = ..." in view source in the browser — Esailija
– Esailija, Commented Dec 4, 2011 at 21:46
To make a javascript array on the client side, the output needs to be "["one", "two", "three"]" — Esailija
– Esailija, Commented Dec 4, 2011 at 21:53
I realize that, but the javascript serializer didn't output that way — Suedeuno
– Suedeuno, Commented Dec 4, 2011 at 21:57

Rich O'Kelly · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-04 21:52:46Z

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In your page (presumably razor, based on your syntax), declare your list as so:

var list = @Html.Raw(ViewData["List"]);

In your current implementation the HtmlHelper is encoding your string to display correctly in a webpage, which you obviously do not want (hence the use of HtmlHelper.Raw) and you are also nesting an array within an array.

answered Dec 4, 2011 at 21:52

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Suedeuno Over a year ago

That gave me the following one big long string using the javascript serializer['["ActionScript","AppleScript","Asp","BASIC","C","C++","Clojure","COBOL","ColdFusion","Erlang","Fortran","Groovy","Haskell","Java","JavaScript","Lisp","Perl","PHP","Python","Ruby","Scala","Scheme"]'];

Rich O'Kelly Over a year ago

Was that not what you expected?

Suedeuno Over a year ago

I figured it out, I had added it as such var list = ['@ViewData... Your example worked thanks.

rossipedia · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-04 21:53:42Z

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Use this:

var list = [ '@Html.Raw(ViewData["List"])' ];
$("#numbers").autocomplete({
    source: list
});

answered Dec 4, 2011 at 21:53

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