Question

I have several label boxes on my design form that all share the naming convention lbl_#.text where # ranges from 1 to 60. I want to make a loop that iterates through each lbl_#.text adding some incremental value, let’s say multiples of 2 for this question’s theoretical purpose.

Something such that the end result would amount to the following:

lbl_1.text = "2"
lbl_2.text = "4"
lbl_3.text = "6"
...
lbl_60.text = "120"

I’m not sure how to access each of these labels through the coding side, I only know how to explicitly mention each label and assign a value :/

Answer 1

Use the Controls collection:

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles    MyBase.Load
        Dim i As Integer
       For i = 1 To 3
            Dim myLabel As Label = CType(Me.Controls("lbl_" & i), Label)
            myLabel.Text = ...whatever value you want to put here
        Next
    End Sub
End Class