Why does Razor not like this?

Question

Ive got a mega annoying problem I have a view with:

@{

        if(ViewBag.Section == \"Home\")
        {
           
   
           


        
      

Answer 1

The simplest way to write this would be:

Or, if you prefer, you can use a local variable:

@{ var headerID = ViewBag.Section == "Home" ? "headerFrontPage" : "header"; }

Regarding the more general case of unclosed tags in Razor code blocks, you can explicitly mark the opening tag as content:

@if (ViewBag.Section == "Home")
{
    @:

}
else
{
    @:

}