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Why does HTML.TextArea require @ before this?

Below doesn't seem to work unless @ is in front of @Html. Why is this?

@{
 if (DescriptionIsFieldReadOnly) {
                            Html.TextArea("description-edit", Model.Requisition.ReqHdr.Description, new { @Readonly = "readonly" });
                        }
                        else {
                            Html.TextArea("description-edit", Model.Requisition.ReqHdr.Description);
                        } 
}
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Html.TextArea(...)

returns IHtmlString

with the HTML code you want.

If you call it a normal function, you are not actually doing anything with that return value, so nothing happens.



Usage @

turns it into a Razor expression that outputs its value to the page.

By the way, this is not a statement, so it shouldn't have a semicolon.

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You add code to the page using the @ symbol. The @: sequence indicates that the next line should be treated as a block of content.



Html.TextArea returns a string and renders it with a razor view engine, you need to use @ at the beginning as you asked @ Html.TextArea

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