Question

HI,

I just came across good link and used that in my code..

how to bind list to datagridview

I used

List<String> list_string= new List<String>();
DataGridView.DataSource = list_string.Select(x => new { Value = x }).ToList();

And now i have my values in the datagrid.

to bind my list to datagrid,but how to reverse the process?

i.e.

i want to do something like this

List<string> myList = datagridview1.datasource as list<string>;

But i am getting myList==null doesn’t contain any element.

regards,

Sangram Nandkhile.

Answer 1

By doing x => new { Value = x } you are projecting a new anonymous type and is no longer a List<string>

In the same question your reference try and use the accepted answer and project out to a known type, that way you can retrieve the List<StringValue>

List<String> list_string= new List<String>();
DataGridView.DataSource = list_string.Select(x => new StringValue(x)).ToList();

With that you can:

List<StringValue> myList = datagridview1.datasource as List<StringValue>;

And than to finally get your List<string>

List<string> stringList = null;
if(myList != null)
{
  stringList = myList.Select(s=>s.Value).ToList();
}