Question

I am altering the question now!

I have the search working using the following:

//check the array for a match
        foreach (Delivery d in mainForm.myDeliveries)
        {
            if (d.DeliveryName == searchValue)
            {
                ListViewItem item = lstDeliveryDetails.Items.Add(d.DeliveryName);
                item.SubItems.Add(d.DeliveryAddress);
                item.SubItems.Add(d.DeliveryDay);
                item.SubItems.Add(d.DeliveryTime);
                item.SubItems.Add(d.DeliveryMeal);
                item.SubItems.Add(d.DeliveryInstructions);
                item.SubItems.Add(d.DeliveryStatus);

            }
        }

My question is, what is the best way to now search all the other values, to make a complete search?
I know i could do if else statements and go through address, day, time, etc.

Is there a better way to acheive this?
And at the moment, the user has to enter the entire name to get the result, can i make it if they only enter a part of the name?

Answer 1

Clear all items from your list view and only add the ones that match the search criteria:

lstDeliveryDetails.Clear();
for (int i = 0; i < myDeliveries.Count; i++)
{
    Delivery d = (Delivery)mainForm.myDeliveries[i];

    if (d.DeliveryName == searchValue)
         lstDeliveryDetails.Items.Add(d.DeliveryName);
}