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  1. POHow to return the SelectList from SelectListItem?
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    copied!<p>I am Working with DropdownList in mvc4. I need to return a selectlist to bind the dropdown on edit, but I am getting an error <code>"Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Web.Mvc.SelectList' to 'System.Collections.Generic.List&lt;System.Web.Mvc.SelectList&gt;"</code>. So kindly help me to convert to SelectList </p> <p>code: </p> <pre><code> public List&lt;SelectList&gt; SelectDoctoronEdit(int id) { Gema_Doctor[] doctorList; doctorList = gema_Doctor.GetDoctor().ToArray(); List&lt;Gema_Doctor&gt; listDoctor = new List&lt;Gema_Doctor&gt;(doctorList); List&lt;SelectListItem&gt; dropItems = new List&lt;SelectListItem&gt;(); RDM_Patient patientsSelect = rdm_Patient.GetPatient().First(c =&gt; c.PatientID == id); dropItems.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "--Select--", Value = "" }); foreach (Gema_Doctor doctorValues in listDoctor) { RDM_Patient patients = rdm_Patient.GetPatient().First(c =&gt; c.PatientID == id); if (patients.DoctorID == doctorValues.Dr_Id) { dropItems.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = doctorValues.Dr_Name, Value = doctorValues.Dr_Id.ToString(), Selected = true }); } else { dropItems.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = doctorValues.Dr_Name, Value = doctorValues.Dr_Id.ToString(), Selected = false }); } } //return dropItems; SelectList s1 = new SelectList(dropItems, "Value", "Text", patientsSelect.DoctorID); return s1; } View Page: &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; @Html.LabelFor(M =&gt; Model.Patient.City) @Html.TextBoxFor(M =&gt; Model.Patient.City) &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; @Html.LabelFor(M =&gt; Model.Patient.Add1) @Html.TextBoxFor(M =&gt; Model.Patient.Add1) &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; @Html.LabelFor(M =&gt; Model.Patient.Add2) @Html.TextBoxFor(M =&gt; Model.Patient.Add2) &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; @Html.Label("Doctor") @Html.DropDownListFor(m =&gt; Model.Patient.DoctorID.ToString(), (SelectList)ViewBag.doctorType) &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; </code></pre>
 

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