Having Issue on Passing String From Controller to View in ASP.Net MVC

Question

I am having issue on passing string parameter from controller to view in the controller I have:

namespace Map02.Controllers
{
    public class AppController : Controller
    {

        public ActionResult Index(string name)
        {
            string str = name;
            return View(str);
        }

    }
}

and in view I have:

@model string
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "";
}

<h2>AppContent</h2>

<p>@str</p>

but I am getting this error:

You also need to use return View((object)str); otherwise it will try to find a view that matches str — user3559349
– user3559349, Commented Sep 23, 2016 at 6:00
Hi Frahad, thanks for reply I am not getting any error now but I am not still getting the output either. — Suffii
– Suffii, Commented Sep 23, 2016 at 6:09
@StephenMuecke, I update the return View((object)str); but not getting any output in page! — Suffii
– Suffii, Commented Sep 23, 2016 at 6:11

Jaimin Dave · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-23 06:28:14Z

4

To pass a string to the view as the Model, you can do:

public ActionResult Index()
{
    string str = name;;
    return View((object)str);
}

You must cast it to an object so that MVC doesn't try to load the string as the view name, but instead pass it as the model. You could also write:

return View("Index", str);

Then in your view, just type it as a string:

 @model string
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "";
}

<h2>AppContent</h2>

<p>@Model</p>

answered Sep 23, 2016 at 6:28

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4 Comments

Jaimin Dave Over a year ago

Important : You have to change <p>@str</p> to <p>@Model</p>

user3559349 Over a year ago

return View("Index", str); does not work! (its calling this overload

Jaimin Dave Over a year ago

I think this will work return View("Index",(object)str);

user3559349 Over a year ago

Yes it will, but that's identical to return View((object)str); so its a bit pointless :)

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