Why is @Html.Label() removing some characters

asp.net-mvc-3, razor

Solution

You are misusing the Html.Label method. It is for:

Returns an HTML label element and the property name of the property that is represented by the specified expression.

That's why it gets confused if you have a point `.` in the first parameter because it expects a property expression there.

However, you can use the second overload:

@Html.Label("", String.Format("{0}. someText",1))

Or just write out the HTML:

<label>@String.Format("{0}. someText", 1)</label>

Problem

When I use the following code in my razor view it renders `<label for=""> someText</label>` and not `<label for="">1. someText</label>` but I can't figure out why `1.` is removed while rendering. ``` @Html.Label(String.Format("{0}. someText",1)) ``` Edit: The following code renders `<label for="">1# someText</label>` as expected. ``` @Html.Label(String.Format("{0}# someText",1)) ```

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