C#

imnotso# wrote:

Would I then still not have to move the values from the array or table one by one (ie 37 times) to the labes on the screen?

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Collections;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace WindowsApplication1
{
	public class CasinoLabel : System.Windows.Forms.Label
	{
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

		public CasinoLabel()
		{
			InitializeComponent();
		}

		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if(components != null)
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
		}

		private int _number;
		[Browsable(true), Category("Casino")]
		public int Number
		{
			get
			{
				return _number;
			}
			set
			{
				_number = value;
			}
		}
	}
}

private Hashtable CasinoLabels = new Hashtable();

public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    foreach(Control c in this.Controls)
    {
        CasinoLabel actlabel = c as CasinoLabel;
        if(actlabel != null)
        {
            CasinoLabels.Add(actlabel.Number, actlabel);
        }
    }
}

CasinoLabel randomLabel = CasinoLabels[randomnumber] as CasinoLabel;
randomLabel.Text = "1";

Label[] myLabels=new Label[37];  // creates an array capable of holding 37 labels
for (int i=0; i<=36; i++) {
    Label label=new Label();     // creates a new label
    label.Text="number "+i;
    myForm.Controls.Add(label);  // add label to form
    myLabels[i]=label;           // and add same label to array
}
// now use the array to modify one label:
myLabels[7].Text="I was here";   // the 7th label gets a new text !

<br />
//spot is the number we rolled...<br />
hits[spot]++; //hits is the array of integers<br />
labels[spot].Text = rolls[spot].ToString(); //labels is an array of Labels<br />

<br />
int num = (some random number);<br />
spots[num]++;<br />
(labels[num]).Text = spots[num].ToString();<br />