How to pass a razor variable to jquery function as parameter

Question

I am having the following piece of code that is not working:

edit

where I have

Answer 1

You need to quote the string like this:

<a href="#" onclick="Edit('@Interest');">edit</a>

Answer 2

If you want to call a method e.g. @Url.Action("test") for an action link, then you have to use it like:

<a href='@(Url.Action("test"))'>test</a>

Otherwise korchev's solution is right.