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[random guy]

i am using visual studio 2008. i have placed a listbox in a widget and have a collection of items in it (10^3,10^2,10^1,10^0). when the program is run i can select the proper values but i want my code to be able to detect the selected value, i tried

                

if (string.Compare(lengthUnits.Text, "10^3") == 1)

  {

                     

                    theLengthValue = theLengthValue * 1000;

  }

but that doesnt work. am i doing something wrong? thanks.

[Hignar]

The string.Compare method returns a value of 0 if the strings are equal.

Also you might want to consider using a switch statement rather than a number of if statements to detect which option has been selected.

[random guy]

oh ya you're right. that was a silly mistake for me to have made. ya a switch statement would work better. thanks for the help.

[random guy]

thanks