Raz0r kerfluffle

first-attempt.cshtml

@helper RenderCountryOptions() {
	<option>Choose a country...</option>
	@foreach(var region in @Model.XPath("/root/Website/CountryList/CountryList[Country[not(active = 0)]]"))
	{
	    <optgroup label="@region.Name">
			@foreach(var country in @region.Children)
			{
				<option>@country.Name</option>
			}
	    </optgroup>
	}
}

// This one says:
// Unexpected "foreach" keyword after "@" character. Once inside code, you do not need to prefix constructs like "foreach" with "@".

second-attempt.cshtml

@helper RenderCountryOptions() {
	<option>Choose a country...</option>
	foreach(var region in @Model.XPath("/root/Website/CountryList/CountryList[Country[not(active = 0)]]"))
	{
	    <optgroup label="@region.Name">
			foreach(var country in @region.Children)
			{
				<option>@country.Name</option>
			}
	    </optgroup>
	}
}

//  The name 'country' does not exist in the current context

working-version.cshtml

@helper RenderCountryOptions() {
	<option>Choose a country...</option>
	foreach(var region in @Model.XPath("/root/Website/CountryList/CountryList[Country[not(active = 0)]]"))
	{
	    <optgroup label="@region.Name">
			@foreach(var country in @region.Children)
			{
				<option>@country.Name</option>
			}
	    </optgroup>
	}
}

// Hmmm... yes. OK - I get that, but it's weird for me...