Inline If in Razor View

Question

In my controller, I have and inline If statement:

ViewBag.NameSortParam = If(String.IsNullOrEmpty(sortOrder), "Name desc", "")

In my view, I can't seem to use inline if:

@Code
    If(True, true, true)
End code

It says, "If must end with matching End If." Why can't I use an inline if here? Thanks.

yeah this was frustrating. Glad you asked this question! – CokoBWare Feb 06 '13 at 15:19 — CokoBWare, Feb 06 '13 at 15:19

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 12 '12 at 15:44

12

Try

@Code
    @(If(True, true, true))
End Code

answered Sep 12 '12 at 15:44

Tim B James

2

This looks like the answer. I wonder why it needs the parenthesis? Thanks for this. – user1477388 Sep 12 '12 at 15:48
1

Probably just a work around to get it working. Alternatively use `IIf(true, "", "")` – Tim B James Sep 12 '12 at 15:49
1

IIF is obsolete, to my knowledge http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28377/iif-vs-if – user1477388 Sep 12 '12 at 15:49
2

Also, I believe IIF works differently from IF in that it will execute both true and false statements and will not short circuit like normal if will. – user1477388 Sep 12 '12 at 15:56
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The main difference for me between IF and IIF is that IF needs a nullable reference type, and IIF just needs an expression which evaluates to a Boolean. Useful when working with Boolean model properties (which arent nullable) – Steven Ryssaert Sep 17 '15 at 12:26

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '12 at 15:55

12

You could use something like this:

   @(true? "yes": "no")

answered Sep 12 '12 at 15:55

Big Daddy

2

I doubt you could use something like this in VB.NET. – Darin Dimitrov Sep 12 '12 at 15:57
Fix it to be VB.net then – Carl Onager Oct 22 '14 at 11:26

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 24 '14 at 07:13

4

You can do an inline if in vb.net like this:

@(If(testExpression, TruePart, FalsePart))

answered Jun 24 '14 at 07:13

shekky

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 12 '12 at 15:44

0

You could use IIf, you don't need to clutter your code with @Code sections:

@IIf(String.IsNullOrEmpty(sortOrder), "Name desc", "")

answered Sep 12 '12 at 15:44

Darin Dimitrov

Thank you but I believe IIF is obsolete. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28377/iif-vs-if – user1477388 Sep 12 '12 at 15:49

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