MVC4 Razor shorthand if

Question

@{(int)Session["current"] == 1 ? Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home", new { @class = "selected" }) : Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home");}

When I use this code I get an error: CS0201: Only assignment, call, increment, decrement, await, and new object expressions can be used as a statement

I don't think the ";" supposed to be at the end, but without it I get an error saying that it's missing. I've tried using the <%= %> syntax but that didn't work too.

Answer 1

@async has a great answer.

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Edit: As @JeremyCook Pointed out, the equivalent for <%= %> is @Html.Raw(). However in your case since you are using Html helper, there is no need for escaping the html encode. So you can use @()

So for your case you can simply replace the bracket (and remove ";") then it should work:

@((int)Session["current"] == 1 ? 
    Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home", new { @class = "selected" }) :     
    Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home"))