Escape # character in razor view engine - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

I am creating a sample ASP.NET MVC 3 site using Razor as view engine. The razor syntax starts with # character e.g. #RenderBody(). If I write #test on my cshtml page it gives me parse error
CS0103: The name 'test' does not exist in the current context
How do I escape '#' character?

Answer 1

## should do it.

Answer 2

Razor # escape char to symbols...
<img src="..." alt="Find me on twitter as #("#username")" />
or
<img src="..." alt="Find me on twitter as #("#")username" />

Answer 3

#Html.Raw("#") seems to me to be even more reliable than ##, since not in all cases ## will escape.
Therefore:
<meta name="twitter:site" content="#twitterSite">
would be:
<meta name="twitter:site" content="#Html.Raw("#")twitterSite">

Answer 4

use <text></text> or the easier way #:

Answer 5

Instead of HTML entity I prefer the use of #Html.Raw("#").

Answer 6

## is the escape character for # in Razor views as stated above.
Razor does however try to work out when an '#' is just an '#' and where it marks C# (or VB.Net) code. One of the main uses for this is to identify email addresses within a Razor view - it should not be necessary to escape the # character in an email address.

Answer 7

For the question about #RazorCodePart1 ## #RazorCodePart2, you need to the sequence:
#RazorCodePart1 #:## #RazorCodePart2
I know, it looks a bit odd, but it works and will get you the literal character '#' between the code blocks.

Answer 8

I just had the same problem. I declared a variable putting my text with the #.
#{
var twitterSite = "#MyTwitterSite";
}
...
<meta name="twitter:site" content="#twitterSite">

Answer 9

I know this question is old, but I tried all of the above and it didn't help me escape the character "#" in ASP.NET framework (MVC 5) inside a URL. Based on Terje Solem's answer though, the UTF-8 code %40 worked for me. this is the original URL I was trying to reach:
https://unpkg.com/#google/markerclustererplus#4.0.1/dist/markerclustererplus.min.js
this is what worked for me in my code:
https://unpkg.com/%40google/markerclustererplus#4.0.1/dist/markerclustererplus.min.js

Answer 10

this work for me
<meta name="author" content="Alan van Buuren #("#Alan_van_Buuren")">
Or yoy can use:
##Alan_van_Buuren
:D

Answer 11

You can use ## for this purpose.
Like var email = firstName + '\##' + domain;

Answer 12

I tried all the options above and none worked. This is what I did that worked :
#{
string str = #"[a-z0-9._%+-]+#[a-z0-9.-]+\.[a-z]{2,3}$";
}
<td>Email</td>
<td>
<input type="text" id="txtEmail" required name="email" pattern=#str />
</td>
I created a string varible and passed all the RegEx pattern code into it, then used the variable in the html, and Razor was cool with it.

Answer 13

just add a variable in CSHTML file
var myVariable = #"#";
and add it to your layout
<span class="my-class"><a href="#myVariale" target="_blank" >link text</a></span>

Answer 14

I couldn't get any of these to work inside my placeholder attribute, so I used xml special character.
<input type="text" placeholder="fex: firstname#lastname.com"/>
See more examples here.
https://www.dvteclipse.com/documentation/svlinter/How_to_use_special_characters_in_XML.3F.html

Answer 15

Actually # should be used with the Razor syntax Keywords or to the variable/model to bind a Value.
For Eg:
if test is assigned with value
i.e # { var test = "ABC" }
then you can get the value by settings as #test anywhere is cshtml page in html part.
otherwise, simple use as #Html.DisplayName("test")

Answer 16

I think in Razor view #Html.Raw() is the best solution for all version and always works for me. I have added an working example cdn URL to provide clear idea.
#Html.Raw("<script src=\"https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/#popperjs/core#2.11.6/dist/umd/popper.min.js\"></script>")