Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'System.Web.HtmlString' in C#?

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I get the error "Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'System.Web.HtmlString' when I attempt to assign a value to a variable of type htmlstring, the value is being read from an xml file (code snippet below)

The convert method does not have a built in conversion from string to htmlstring. There is a method ToHtmlString but not sure how to use it in this situation as it is not available with a string object. Your suggestions please.

public class Xclass
{
    public HtmlString content { get; set; }
    public string id { get; set; }    
}

Xclass x = (from c in xdoc.Descendants("div") select new Xclass()
{
    content = c.Value, //c.value is the html content of div, content is a property of   type HtmlString 
    id = c.id
});

You have a string. It wants a HtmlString so, how can you get from one to the other? And what issues may there be? (Hint: it won't be encoded again, which could be...) — user166390
– user166390, Commented Jan 5, 2012 at 5:31

Sachin Nayak · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-05 05:33:28Z

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can you not do content =new HtmlString(c.Value); ?

answered Jan 5, 2012 at 5:33

Sachin Nayak

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Jarnal Over a year ago

Thanks Sachin for your super quick response, that did indeed fix that error!

Nope Over a year ago

forums.asp.net/p/1755956/4765315.aspx/…

Harison Silva Over a year ago

Also you can do that in short like this: @"" + c.Value

Tauseef Over a year ago

[MvcHtmlString.Create(String)]

Tauseef · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-06 13:19:43Z

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Try using MvcHtmlString.Create(String) Method

If you are using the MVC 5.2 or later.

answered Mar 6, 2020 at 13:19

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