IEnumerable to SelectList, no value is selected

Question

I have something like the following in an ASP.NET MVC application:

IEnumerable list = GetTheValues();
var selectList = new SelectList(list, \"S         


        

Answer 1

Try this

ViewBag.Items = list.Select(x => new SelectListItem() 
                              {
                                  Text = x.ToString()
                              });