Looping through a list inside a HTML.DropDownList C# MVC

Question

I have been trying to loop through a list inside of a drop down list but it doesn't seem to be working. Here's the code.

public class AnimalHandler
{
    public List<string> DogBreeds = new List<string>()
    {
       "Affenpinscher","Lhasa Apso","Shitzu", "Tibetan Terrier"
    }
}

And then in the view

Project1.Models.AnimalHandler animal = new Project1.Models.AnimalHandler();

@Html.DropDownList("breed", new List<SelectListItem> { 
    foreach(var item in animal.DogBreeds)
    {
          new SelectListItem {Text="item", Value=""},
    }
    new SelectListItem {Text="Choose a Breed", Value=""}
})

My thought behind it would be that var item would loop through all the items in the DogBreeds however there seems to be an error and I can't figure out what it could be.

Perhaps there is another SIMPLE way of doing this? Thanks

Paddy · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-21 14:32:26Z

3

Something like this:

@Html.DropDownList("breed", new SelectList(animal.DogBreeds), "Choose a breed")

From comments, to set a selected value:

@Html.DropDownList("breed", new SelectList(animal.DogBreeds, 
                                             "Great Dane"), 
                                              "Choose a breed")

Where you get your selected value from is down to you.

edited Feb 21, 2014 at 14:32

answered Feb 21, 2014 at 14:01

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Paddy Over a year ago

P.S. You don't state in your example how the code in AnimalHandler links up with your Animal class.

Dimitar Dimitrov Over a year ago

Sorry I misunderstood you :) +1

Ultigma Over a year ago

Is it really as simple as that?! That's ridiculous haha. The only problem I can possibly see, is the value that is passed. Is there a way to change the value given. I'm planning the URL structue to look like /Dogs/Grey-Hound for example.

Dimitar Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-21 14:05:27Z

0

What about something like:

@Html.DropDownList(
    "breed", 
    animal.DogBreeds.Select(x => new SelectListItem { Text = x, Value = x }), 
    "Choose a Breed")

answered Feb 21, 2014 at 14:05

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