Change repeater li item class if first or last

It is quite easy to determine whether the item is first or not (Container.ItemIndex == 0), but to determine whether the element is last or not you have to use a custom property which will be initialized right with data binding:

protected int ItemCount { get; set; }

Here is a repeater example:

<asp:Repeater runat="server" ID="repeater">
    <HeaderTemplate>
        <ul>
    </HeaderTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
        <li class="<%# GetItemClass(Container.ItemIndex) %>">
            <%# Container.DataItem %>
        </li>
    </ItemTemplate>
    <FooterTemplate>
        </ul>
    </FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

here is an example of data binding:

public override void DataBind()
{
    var data = new string[] { "first", "second", "third" };
    this.ItemCount = data.Length;

    repeater.DataSource = data;
    repeater.DataBind();
}

and finally a helper method:

protected string GetItemClass(int itemIndex)
{
    if (itemIndex == 0)
        return "first";
    else if (itemIndex == this.ItemCount - 1)
        return "last";
    else
        return "other";
}

This will produce:

<ul>
    <li class="first">
        first
    </li>
    <li class="other">
        second
    </li>
    <li class="last">
        third
    </li>
</ul>