How to get the value by column name at runtime for a Lookup instead of column index number?

Question

I can get the value for the lookup at runtime:

Id = this.dgDevLkp[row, 3].ToString().TrimEnd();

I'm wondering if I can do something like this:

Id = this.dgDevLkp[row, columnName].ToString().TrimEnd();

Is this possible?

Answer 1

Why not use the DataGridViewColumn's Index property?

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Eg:

Id = this.dgDevLkp[row, columnName.Index].ToString().TrimEnd();

Where "columnName" is the name of your DataGridViewColumn.

Answer 2

Thanks for all suggestions

The following code worked for me

int ColumnIndex = this.dsDevLkp.Tables[dgtbsDevLkp.MappingName].Columns["ColumnName"].Ordinal;
Id = this.dgDevLkp[row, ColumnIndex].ToString().TrimEnd();