MVC3 unterminated string constant syntax error

Question

I have the following code which gives me a syntax error - unterminated string constant.I've matched up the quotes can't seem to spot an issue. Any ideas? It works fine, the syntax error is just annoying.

  <input type="button" class="my-button" value="" name="back" onclick="location.href='@Url.Action(Model.Back.Step.ToString(), "MyController")'" />

Quarterback

Where do you get that error? In the browser, the compiler, or the IDE? – Bhili

Is it actually an error? Or just a squiggly line in the IDE? Does it compile and run ok? – Angy

just a squiggly red line in the IDE, it runs fine – Quarterback

For me it was just a squiggly line in the IDE view, and technically worked. However the rendered HTML was all messed up at runtime. It looked like 2 buttons sandwiched in some text. I had to use the solution from @vonv. with the concatenation. – Subservient

Answer 1

You can rewrite it like this:

<input type="button" class="my-button" value="" name="back" 
     onclick="@("location.href='" 
        + Url.Action(Model.Back.Step.ToString(), "MyController")  
        + "'")" />

Turmel

Answer 2

Use an actionlink instead. This one creates a nice bootstrap button:

@Html.ActionLink("Cancel", "Index", "Home", null, new { @class = "btn btn-default" })

Ba

Clean Solution. Thanks for the post – Clippard