populate list with for loop viewmodel - c#-4.0

Question

Just wondering if anyone can help with this problem. I have a viewmodel which populates a dropdownlist. I was just wondering if it's possible to change my code below so that I can use a for loop to populate the list.
ViewModel
public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> numberOfAdults { get; set; }
Controller
numberOfAdults = new[]
{
new SelectListItem {Value = "1", Text = "1"},
new SelectListItem {Value = "2", Text = "2"},
new SelectListItem {Value = "3", Text = "3"},
new SelectListItem {Value = "4", Text = "4"},
new SelectListItem {Value = "5", Text = "5"},
new SelectListItem {Value = "6", Text = "6"},
new SelectListItem {Value = "7", Text = "7"},
new SelectListItem {Value = "8", Text = "8"},
new SelectListItem {Value = "9", Text = "9"},
new SelectListItem {Value = "10", Text = "10"}
}
View
#Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.selectedAdultValue, new SelectList(Model.numberOfAdults, "Value", "Text"), null, new {#id="NumerOfAdults" })
Something like the following is what I would like, but not sure where to put it in model or controller.
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
i;
}

Answer 1

It could be as simple as:
numberOfAdults = Enumerable.Range(1, 10).Select(x => new SelectListItem
{
Value = x.ToString(),
Text = x.ToString()
});
or if you really want to use a for loop (I don't see why would you want that but anyway):
var result = new List<SelectListItem>();
for(int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
{
result.Add(new SelectListItem {
Value = x.ToString(),
Text = x.ToString()
});
}
numberOfAdults = result.ToArray();