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Foresp
Foresp

Reputation: 425

using variables in object names

Okay so lets say I have a integer called abc and I set abc to 2. How do I say label2.visible = true;?

I mean, if I set abc to 3 I want to make label3.visible = true;

Upvotes: 3

Views: 8273

Answers (7)

Shaunak
Shaunak

Reputation: 18028

A way of doing it is to have and Array of Labels and then according to number you can do :

label_array[abc].visible = true;

Upvotes: 2

pickypg
pickypg

Reputation: 22332

You want to use the Control.FindControl method.

Label label = myForm.FindControl("label" + val) as Label;

if (label != null)
{
    // use...
}

Upvotes: 6

SquidScareMe
SquidScareMe

Reputation: 3218

You could do something like this:

var theLabel = (Label) this.Controls.Find("label" + abc.toString());
theLabel.Visible = true;

This code is untested and off the top of my head but it should work.

Upvotes: 3

user710502
user710502

Reputation: 11471

Two simple examples 

 if(abc == 2)
     {
          label2.visible = true;
          label3.visible = false;
      }
   else if(abc ==3)
      {
         label3.visible = true;
         label2.visiable = false;       
      }

 or use a switch statement

    switch(abc)
    {
       case 2:
             label2.visible = true;
             break;
       case 3:
             label3.visible = true;
             break;

    }

Upvotes: 0

debracey
debracey

Reputation: 6597

C# Really doesn't support that type of syntax.

Put the labels into some kind of structure and use it to manipulate the labels. Here a few examples:

List<Label> labels = new List<Label>();
int i = /* some valid index (0 based) */
labels[i].visible = true;

Dictionary<string, Label> labelDict = new Dictionary<string, Label>();
labelDict.add("label1", label1);
labelDict["label1"].visible = true;

Alternatively you could get the Labels from the parent form's list of child controls and set the visibility that way.

Upvotes: 2

Paul Creasey
Paul Creasey

Reputation: 28834

To answer your actual question, this is probably possible by reflection, but not something you would really want to do, i can't think of a valid use case.

As others have posted, use an array.

Upvotes: 2

Juliet
Juliet

Reputation: 81516

Seems to me its easiest to put your controls into an array as follows:

Label[] labels = new Label[] { label0, label1, label2, label3 };

Toggle the visibility like this:

void SetVisibility(int index, bool visible)
{
    labels[index] = visible;
}

Upvotes: 6

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