Question

I have a combo box which have item strings like:

1 .  Apple
2 .  Banana
3 .  Mango 

1,2,3 are category id & Apple, Banana, Mango is Category Name.

I want to know Category Id From comboBox using Category name which is sub-string of ComboBox item.

example:

I want to know the Category Id of Banana. which is 2.

Any help ?

Answer 1

    foreach (object item in cmb.Items)
    {
      string[] str = item.ToString().split(new char[] {' '}
, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
      if(str[1] == "Banana")
      {
           Console.Write(str[0]);
      }
    }