Is it possible to treat values and items of a DropDownList like a HashTable?

[mark4asp]

Is it possible to treat values and items of a DropDownList like a
HashTable?

My page records the value of the ConsultantName in a label
lblConsultant and the ID in a hidden field hidConsultantID

If I know the value of the ID: hidConsultantID, how do I lookup the
corresponding name, given that I have a DropDownList which maps
corresponding ConsultantIDs to their Names for the consultant
(ddlConsultant, IDs are values and names are shown as text)?

Must I need to loop through each item?

for (int i = 0; i < ddlConsultant.Items.Count; i++)
if (hidConsultantID.ToString() == ddlConsultant.Items.Value)
lblConsultantName.Text = ddlConsultant.Items.Text ;

Or is there an another way?

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

lblConsultantName.Text =ddlConsultant.Items.FindByValue
(hidConsultantID.ToString()).Text;

Is it what you are after?

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Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
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