Group Model elements by Date in Table using Razor

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I'm trying to generate multiple tables from a model based on a datetime value. This is what I have so far: ``` @{ DateTime prev = new DateTime(); bool first = true; foreach(var item in Model) { DateTime now = item.StartDate; // If the current item is a different date to the last one, start a new table. if (prev != now) { // But if it's not the first entry, it has to close the previous table first. if(!first) { } first = false; // New table starts.

@now.ToString("D")

//With entry of this iteration. } else { //Otherwise just add another row to the current table } } } ``` The problem I am having is that I can't type closing table html tags (at least, in Visual Studio 2013), without the opening tags first. I've tried having: ``` if(first) { //Create the first part. } else {

item1	item2
@item.item1	@item.item2
@item.item1	@item.item2

//…

Accepted Answer

You can write it better by making your code a little bit cleaner. ``` @foreach(var group in Model.GroupBy(x=>x.StartDate)) { @foreach(var item in group) { //render rows }

} ``` If you are not concerned about the readability, you can always use `@Html.Raw("")`.

Group Model elements by Date in Table using Razor

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