Question

I want to clear all values on a form where the control is a label and its name starts with “label”

This code:

List<Label> lbls = this.Controls.OfType<Label>().ToList();
foreach (var lbl in lbls)
{
    if (lbl.Name.StartsWith("label"))
    {
        lbl.Text = string.Empty;
    }
}

…doesn’t work, because the lambda is finding nothing – lbls.Count = 0.

Wouldn’t this get ALL the controls on the form, even those that are children of other controls (such as, in my case, Panels)?

Answer 1

Try to use this method:

public void ClearLabel(Control control)
{
   if (control is Label)
   {
       Label lbl = (Label)control;
       if (lbl.Text.StartsWith("label"))
           lbl.Text = String.Empty;

   }
   else
       foreach (Control child in control.Controls)
       {
           ClearLabel(child);
       }

}

You just need to pass form to ClearLabel method.