Q: loop for a dropdwon list

[JIM.H.]

Hello,
How can I loop through the items in a dropwdown list: myDDL in C# to see if
there is a string: “xyz�?
Thanks,
Jim.

[Matt Berther]

Hello JIM.H.,

if (myDropDownList .Items.FindByTe xt("xyz") != null)
{
// the item exists
}

--
Matt Berther
http://www.mattberther.com

Hello,
How can I loop through the items in a dropwdown list: myDDL in C# to
see if
there is a string: "xyz"?
Thanks,
Jim.

[Matt Berther]

Hello JIM.H.,

if (myDropDownList .Items.FindByTe xt("xyz") != null)
{
// the item exists
}

--
Matt Berther
http://www.mattberther.com

Hello,
How can I loop through the items in a dropwdown list: myDDL in C# to
see if
there is a string: "xyz"?
Thanks,
Jim.

[JIM.H.]

Thanks for the reply Matt. I know "xyz" does not exist, but xyz12 or xyz13
may exist, I was thinking if I can loop through the list I may use some kind
of string comparison to find one of those xyz. How can I do that?

"Matt Berther" wrote:

Hello JIM.H.,

if (myDropDownList .Items.FindByTe xt("xyz") != null)
{
// the item exists
}

--
Matt Berther
http://www.mattberther.com

Hello,
How can I loop through the items in a dropwdown list: myDDL in C# to
see if
there is a string: "xyz"?
Thanks,
Jim.

[JIM.H.]

Thanks for the reply Matt. I know "xyz" does not exist, but xyz12 or xyz13
may exist, I was thinking if I can loop through the list I may use some kind
of string comparison to find one of those xyz. How can I do that?

"Matt Berther" wrote:

Hello JIM.H.,

if (myDropDownList .Items.FindByTe xt("xyz") != null)
{
// the item exists
}

--
Matt Berther
http://www.mattberther.com

Hello,
How can I loop through the items in a dropwdown list: myDDL in C# to
see if
there is a string: "xyz"?
Thanks,
Jim.

[Dave Fancher]

Jim:
Depending on where you want to do this processing, you could use some
variation of the following two snippets. I have provided a server-side
example in C# and a client-side example in JavaScript.

HTH
----------------
Dave Fancher
http://davefancher.blogspot.com
----------------

[C# Example]
ListItemCollect ion lic = new ListItemCollect ion();

foreach(ListIte m li in myDDL.Items)
{
if(li.Value.Sta rtsWith("xyz")) // li.Value.IndexO f("xyz", 0) == 0
could be used as well
lic.Add(li);
}

// Do your processing of lic here

----

[JavaScript Example]
var ddl = document.getEle mentById("myDDL ");
for(var i = 0; i < ddl.options.len gth; i++)
{
var opt = ddl.options[i];
if(opt.value.in dexOf(value) == 0)
{
// Do your processing of opt here
}
}

[Dave Fancher]

Jim:
Depending on where you want to do this processing, you could use some
variation of the following two snippets. I have provided a server-side
example in C# and a client-side example in JavaScript.

HTH
----------------
Dave Fancher
http://davefancher.blogspot.com
----------------

[C# Example]
ListItemCollect ion lic = new ListItemCollect ion();

foreach(ListIte m li in myDDL.Items)
{
if(li.Value.Sta rtsWith("xyz")) // li.Value.IndexO f("xyz", 0) == 0
could be used as well
lic.Add(li);
}

// Do your processing of lic here

----

[JavaScript Example]
var ddl = document.getEle mentById("myDDL ");
for(var i = 0; i < ddl.options.len gth; i++)
{
var opt = ddl.options[i];
if(opt.value.in dexOf(value) == 0)
{
// Do your processing of opt here
}
}