Advanced ASP.NET WebGrid - Dynamic Columns and Rows - asp.net-mvc

Question

I'm trying to create a WebGrid which has to be very dynamic. The columns are defined in a list, which I've done like so:
#{
List<WebGridColumn> columns = new List<WebGridColumn>();
foreach (var column in Model.Columns)
{
columns.Add(new WebGridColumn() { ColumnName = column.Name, Header = column.Name });
}
}
#grid.GetHtml(
columns: columns)
All well and good, but the problem I have is with the rows. I'll try and explain...
For this question let's say we have two columns for Name and Address.
I have a collection of row objects, lets say SearchResult objects. A SearchResult contains a Dictionary of any number of attributes, such as Name, Address, Phone, Height, Bra Size, or anything (think of the EAV pattern). I need to access the attributes based on Column Name.
I figured I could do this using format, but I can't seem to figure it out. I want something like this:
columns.Add(new WebGridColumn() { ColumnName = column.Name, Header =
column.Header, Format = #<text>#item.Attributes[column.Name]</text> });
This sort of works but despite creating the format for the separate columns, the rows get populated with only the last column's format. i.e.:
Name Address
1 Main Street 1 Main Street
45 Paradise Av 45 Paradise Av
etc

Answer 1

I think it should work if you leave out the "ColumnName" (superfluous anyway), and also make the dynamic expression a bit more explicit:
columns.Add(
new WebGridColumn() {
Header = column.Header,
Format = (item) => #Html.Raw("<text>" + #item.Attributes[column.Name] + "</text>")
}
);

Answer 2

This issue is related to reference variables. You need to have the Format property in terms of the other properties of the WebGridColumn. This is how I would do it:
#{
List<WebGridColumn> columns = new List<WebGridColumn>();
foreach (var column in Model.Columns)
{
var col = new WebGridColumn();
col.Header = column.Name;
col.Format = (item) => #Html.Raw("<text>" + #item.Attributes[col.Header] + "</text>");
columns.Add(col);
}
}