If else condition in MVC view

Question

I'm trying to loop thru if else condition where if they are current show the item and if not show the message that there are no items. The problem i am having is the message keeps showing no matter what. What am I doing incorrectly?

I've tried put the message outside of the loop completely and tried else if (iscurrent=false) and in both instances the message still shows.

   <div class="col-md-6">
    <ul>
        @foreach (var item in Model.Items)
        {
            if (item.IsCurrent == true)
            {
                <li>
                    @item.Id
                </li>
            }
            else if (item.IsCurrent == false)
            { 
                @: There is not a current Item at this time. Do you want 
                to
                <a asp-area="Admin" asp-controller="Item" asp- 
            action="CreateItem"> add a Item?</a>
            }
        }




    </ul>

  </div>

I expect to only show the items that are set to IsCurrent only and when there are no items the message to show only.

Answer 1

I believe this would be closer to what you want:

<div class="col-md-6">
        <ul>
            @if (Model.Items.Any(x => x.IsCurrent))
            {
                foreach (var item in Model.Items)
                {
                    if (item.IsCurrent)
                    {
                        <li>
                            @item.Id
                        </li>
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                @:There is not a current Item at this time. Do you want to
                <a asp-area="Admin" asp-controller="Item" asp-action="CreateItem">add a Item?</a>
            }
       </ul>
</div>

First it checks for any items that are current using .Any(), then loops through the Model.Items and displays the current ids. If not, it displays the no current item message.