Using dropdown lists in C#

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Hi
I am developing a web application in C# .net4.0. In that i am using dropdown lists. Suppose,if i want to access 3rd item in the dropdown list and display it in a label,how can i do that(without using "selected index")?
To be more specific, i mean to ask is it possible to access a dropdown list in the form of array?? (i.e in an array, we can access a specific item like a[3]) Plz help me

Thanking you

Posted 29-May-12 0:46am

jagadeeshmn

Updated 29-May-12 1:07am

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bbirajdar 29-May-12 7:11am

Any specific reason for not using SelectedIndex ?

jagadeeshmn 29-May-12 7:14am

bcoz im dynamically adding items to that dropdown list.So to remove redundancy,i want to check whether the item im adding is already present in that dropdown list

bbirajdar 29-May-12 7:23am

DropDownList1.Items.FindByValue(searchString); will work for you

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Rahul Rajat Singh · Answer 1 · 2012-05-29T01:05:00

Solution 2

You can access the elements of Dropdownlist as Dropdwnlist.items. this is the collection of all the items of the dropdownlist.

Posted 29-May-12 1:05am

Rahul Rajat Singh

Rajesh Kariyavula · Answer 2 · 2012-05-29T01:27:00

You can try this:

C#

string selectedText = _DropDownList.Items[_DropDownList.SelectedIndex].Text;
string selectedValue = _DropDownList.Items[_DropDownList.SelectedIndex].Value;

Or if you want to get the item with a particular index you can write as

C#

string selectedText = _DropDownList.Items[3].Text;
string selectedValue = _DropDownList.Items[3].Value;

Hope this helps.

MugiwaraUK · Answer 3 · 2012-05-29T01:20:00

Solution 4

You can get any list items value or text via the code below, just change the variable names

// sets the label to the list items Text value
nameOfLable.Text = ddlOne.Items[indexRequired].Text;

// sets the label to the list item Value 
nameOfLable.Text = ddlOne.Items[indexRequired].Value;

Posted 29-May-12 1:20am

MugiwaraUK

Updated 29-May-12 1:24am

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Paramu1973 · Answer 4 · 2012-05-29T01:16:00

Solution 3

You knows the answer.............

C#

string DrpDwnRequiredStr = a1[3];

also you can access it by your required index like....

C#

comboBox1.Items[2].ToString();
listBox1.Items[1].ToString();

Posted 29-May-12 1:16am

Paramu1973