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How to: Access Specific Items in a Windows Forms ComboBox, ListBox, or CheckedListBox Control

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Accessing specific items in a Windows Forms combo box, list box, or checked list box is an essential task. It enables you to programmatically determine what is in a list, at any given position.

To access a specific item

  1. Query the Items collection using the index of the specific item:

    Private Function GetItemText(i As Integer) As String  
   ' Return the text of the item using the index:  
   Return ComboBox1.Items(i).ToString  
End Function  

    private string GetItemText(int i)  
{  
   // Return the text of the item using the index:  
   return (comboBox1.Items[i].ToString());  
}  

    private:  
   String^ GetItemText(int i)  
   {  
      // Return the text of the item using the index:  
      return (comboBox1->Items->Item[i]->ToString());  
   }

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