'@' as a Character inside razor string not working

Question

I have the code below which is basically some embed script code inside an MVC view, everything builds fine but when I run I get this error "The name 'B6' does not exist in the current context", I assume this has to do with the '@' character as this is used with razor to reference variables, I've searched for some way to escape the '@' but have had no luck.

@url = "https://crm.zoho.com/crm/WebFormServeServlet?rid=fwW-@B6-MHnNRgi";

Strange. I did a google search on `razor escape @` and found lots of examples, the first one leading to a question here. Which search terms did you use? — jgauffin, Jan 20 '14 at 09:28

Nilesh Gajare · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-20T10:07:50.490

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Try this in your code

@{string url="https://crm.zoho.com/crm/WebFormServeServlet?rid=fwW-@@B6-MHnNRgi";}

<script src='@url'></script>

edited Jan 20 '14 at 10:07

answered Jan 20 '14 at 09:26

Nilesh Gajare

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Ok, I have added this to my code after the above declaration i get the following printed out when I run the page System.Web.Mvc.UrlHelper = "https://crm.zoho.com/crm/WebFormServeServlet?rid=fwW-@B6-MHnNRgi" – chillydk147 Jan 20 '14 at 09:38
can you post the code – Nilesh Gajare Jan 20 '14 at 09:47
@Url = "https://crm.zoho.com/crm/WebFormServeServlet?rid=fwW-@@B6-MHnNRgi" – chillydk147 Jan 20 '14 at 09:51
No still not working -- Compiler Error Message: CS1002: ; expected – chillydk147 Jan 20 '14 at 10:06
@user3165925 i have mistakenly type `;` plz check edited answer – Nilesh Gajare Jan 20 '14 at 10:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 20 '14 at 09:35

Two solutions:

1) Use @@, which will escape the @ sign.

@url = "https://crm.zoho.com/crm/WebFormServeServlet?rid=fwW-@@B6-MHnNRgi"

2) Use a verbatim string: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/csharpfaq/archive/2004/03/12/what-does-an-before-the-start-of-a-string-literal-mean.aspx

@url = @"https://crm.zoho.com/crm/WebFormServeServlet?rid=fwW-@B6-MHnNRgi"

'@' as a Character inside razor string not working

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