How to set default value "select" zero in dropdownlist in MVC 5

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Hello everyone,

how to set default value "select" zero in dropdownlist in MVC 5?

What I have tried:

I have tied:

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@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.listNumEmployeeVM, new SelectList(Model.listNumEmployeeVM, "idNumEmployees", "NumEmployeeDesc"), "0", "Select", new { @id = "ddlemploye", @class = "form-control validate[required]" })

Here is occurring error.

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Posted 23-Feb-17 2:10am

Rajesh Kumar 2013

Updated 23-Feb-17 2:38am

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Posted 23-Feb-17 2:18am

Graeme_Grant

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Rajesh Kumar 2013 · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-23T02:38:00

Hi,

I did tried this code inside Controller Get method. And now it is working!!!

C#

objcountrymodel.listNumEmployeeVM.Insert(0, new NumEmployeeVM() { idNumEmployees = 0, NumEmployeeDesc = "Select" });

View,

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<pre>@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.listNumEmployeeVM, new SelectList(Model.listNumEmployeeVM, "idNumEmployees", "NumEmployeeDesc"), new { @id = "ddlemploye", @class = "form-control validate[required]" })