Question

List<String> nameList = new List<String>(); DropDownList ddl = new DropDownList(); 

List is populated here, then sorted:

nameList.Sort(); 

Now I need to drop it into the dropdownlist, which is where I’m having issues (using foreach):

foreach (string name in nameList){     ddl.Items.Add(new ListItem(nameList[name].ToString())); } 

No workie – any suggestions? It’s giving me compile errors:

Error - The best overloaded method match for 'System.Collections.Generic.List<string>.this[int]' has some invalid arguments   Error - Argument '1': cannot convert from 'string' to 'int' 

Answer 1

Replace this:

 ddl.Items.Add(new ListItem(nameList[name].ToString())); 

with this:

 ddl.Items.Add(new ListItem(name)); 

Done like dinner.