I have the following inside of my view
@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.FirstName)
I need to get the first initial of the First Name.
I tried
@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.FirstName).Substring(1,1)
but it does not seem to work. I get the following error: .. 'System.Web.Mvc.MvcHtmlString' does not contain a definition for 'Substring' and no extension
If you are only wanting to display the first character of item.FirstName
why not do:
@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.FirstName.Substring(1,1))
You have it the wrong side of the closing bracket.