Razor - how to render content into a variable

Question

How to render a piece of Html into a variable in Razor? In Spark I used to write the following code:

Answer 1

Just in case anyone else finds this post (as I did), Andy's Update is almost there. In addition to the example given, all you have to do to access the 'int' in the example given is reference @item. In @ blocks, the variable item contains the model it was called on.

Here's an example of how it can be used:

@model PageData

@{
    Func sayHi = 
        @
             
Hello @(item.FirstName)!
         ;
}


    @foreach(var customer in Model.Customers)
    {
        sayHi(customer);
    }

In most instances you should probably use a partial view instead of a function like this. But in the rare instances that a partial view is not possible (such as when using the RazorEngine library), this works.