System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace   ListItemCollection Class

Determines whether the collection contains a specified item.

[ VB ]
Public Function FindByValue ( _
   ByVal value As String _
) As ListItem

[ C# ]
public ListItem FindByValue (
   string value
);

[ C++ ]
public: ListItem FindByValue (
   String* value
);

[ JScript ]
public function FindByValue (
   value : String
) : ListItem;

value

The value to search for.

A ListItem that contains the value specified by the value parameter.

Use the FindByValue method to search the collection for a ListItem with a Value property that contains value specified by the value parameter. If an item is not found in the collection using this criteria, a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ) is returned.

The following examples demonstrate how to use the FindByValue method to programmatically set the Selected property of a ListItem object at run time.

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ListItemCollection Members