I am new to working with Umbraco.

I have a checkbox inside a document type.

The field is called Hero Image Filter and it's intended purpose will allow the user to add a preset filter to the hero image, or remove it.

The checkbox is selected, and returns a value of True when the following command is placed inside the template

@Umbraco.Field("homeheroImageFilter")

When I create a variable as follows, it still returns the correct value

@{var filter = Umbraco.Field("homeheroImageFilter");}

@filter

Now I want to use the variable to create an if statement, where if the condition is true it shows a

tag and content.

This returns a compilation error

@{var filter = Umbraco.Field("homeheroImageFilter");}

@filter

@if(filter == "True"){<p>Test</p>}

This also returns a compilation error

@{var filter = Umbraco.Field("homeheroImageFilter");}

@filter

@if(@filter == "True"){<p>Test</p>}

But when I change the if condition as follows, it works as expected..

@if("True" == "True"){<p>Test</p>}

So, what am I doing wrong? All help would be appreciated!