ASP.NET Repeater bind List<string> - asp.net

Question

I am binding a List<string> to a Repeater control. Now I want to use the Eval function
to display the contents in ItemTemplate like
<%# Eval("NAME") %>.
But I am not sure what I should use instead of NAME.

Answer 1

Just use <%# Container.DataItem.ToString() %>
If you are worried about null values you may want to refactor to this (.NET 6+)
<asp:Repeater ID="repeater" runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Container.DataItem?.ToString() ?? string.Empty%>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
Note if you are using less than .NET 6 you cannot use the null-conditional operator Container.DataItem?.ToString()

Answer 2

Set the ItemType to System.String
<asp:Repeater ItemType="System.String" runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Item %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Answer 3

rptSample.DataSource = from c in lstSample select new { NAME = c };
in the repeater you put
<%# Eval("NAME") %>

Answer 4

This should work just fine:
<ItemTemplate>
<%=this.GetDataItem().ToString() %>
</ItemTemplate>

Answer 5

A more complete example based on the LINQ provided by #RobertoBr:
In code behind:
List<string> notes = new List<string>();
notes.Add("Value1")
notes.Add("Value2")
repeaterControl1.DataSource = from c in notes select new {NAME = c};
repeaterControl1.DataBind();
On page:
<asp:Repeater ID="repeaterControl1" runat="server" >
<ItemTemplate>
<li><%# Eval("NAME") %></li>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Answer 6

you have to use the databind syntax here or it will not work.
<%# this.GetDataItem().ToString() %>

Answer 7

Inside Item Template
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblName" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("YourEntityName").ToString() ==""? "NA" : Eval("YourEntityName").ToString()%>'></asp:Label>
<ItemTemplate>
or Simply Add inside Item Template
<%# Eval("YourEntityName").ToString() ==""? "NA" : Eval("YourEntityName").ToString()%>