HTML Encoding Strings - ASP.NET Web Forms VS Razor View Engine

Question

I'm not quite sure how this works yet... trying to find documentation.

In my existing app I've got two different ways of rendering strings in my View

<%: model.something %>
<!-- or -->
<%= model.something %>

The first one is html encoded, and the second one is not.

Is there something similarly short in Razor? All I can find is this, which is the encoded version.

@model.something

Answer 1

I guess the best approach would be to use the Raw extension-method: @Html.Raw(Model.Something)

Answer 2

@Model.Something automatically HTML encodes. If you want to avoid HTML encoding (and you want this only if you are absolutely sure what you are doing) you could use @MvcHtmlString.Create(Model.Something) (basically everything that implements IHtmlString won't be encoded). Phil Haack blogged about the Razor view engine syntax.