Types of Action Result in MVC

ActionResult	Helper Method	Description
ViewResult	View	Renders a view as a web page
PartialViewResult	PartialView	Section of a view,that can be rendered inside another view
RedirectResult	Redirect	Redirect to another action method
RedirectToRouteResult	RedirectToRoute	Redirect to another action method
ContentResult	Content	Returns a user-defined content type
JsonResult	Json	Retuns a serialized JSON object
JavaScriptResult	JavaScript	Returns a script that can be executed on the client
FileResult	File	Returns a binary output to write to the response
EmptyResult	(None)	returns a null result

public ActionResult About()
{
    return View();
}

public class SampleController : Controller
{
    //
    // GET: /Sample/

    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return Content("Hello from Index action in Sample Controller");
    }
    public ActionResult Verify(string username = "all")
    {
        return Content("Hello from Verify action in Sample Controller");
    }

}

public ActionResult Index()
{
   return Content("Hello from Home Controller");//Our content to render on the browser
public ActionResult Index()
{
    // Redirect to Verify action inside the Sample Controller
    return RedirectToAction("Verify", "Sample");
}

public ActionResult Index()
{
    return RedirectToRoute("sample"); //Return to sample controller

public ActionResult Index()
{
    return File("Web.config", "text/html"); //Return to file insie the web.config

}
public ActionResult Index()
{
    return Json("hello from JSON","text/html", JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

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