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Question

I have 8 picture boxes, named p1 through p8.

I would like to change the backcolor of one of those picture boxes, depending on the result of a calculation.

I can create a string beginning with the letter 'p' and affix the calculated number to that string.

I am looking for a clever way to reference a picture box with this string (eg. "p4"). My question is, is this possible?

Answer 1

If you really want to refer to them by a string like p4 then put them in a dictionary

var dict = new Dictionary<string,PictureBox>();
dict.add("p1",myP1dict);
dict.add("p2",myP2dict);
// etc
dict["p2"].BackgroundColor = newColor;

More likely, you could just put them in an array

var arr = new PictureBox[8]
arr[0] = myPictBox1
arr[1] = myPictBox2
//etc
arr[1].BackgroundColor = newColor;

And refer to them by index.