MVC Razor need to get Substring

Question

I have the following inside of my view

     @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.FirstName)

I need to get the first initial of the First N

Answer 1

If you are only wanting to display the first character of item.FirstName why not do:

@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.FirstName.Substring(1,1))

You have it the wrong side of the closing bracket.