How to get the cell value by column name not by index in GridView in asp.net

Question

I am having a gridview in asp.net and now I want the cell value by the column name but not by the cell index.

How would be it possible

Answer 1

Based on something found on Code Project

Once the data table is declared based on the grid's data source, lookup the column index by column name from the columns collection. At this point, use the index as needed to obtain information from or to format the cell.

protected void gridMyGrid_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
    {
        DataTable dt = (DataTable)((GridView)sender).DataSource;
        int colIndex = dt.Columns["MyColumnName"].Ordinal;

        e.Row.Cells[colIndex].BackColor = Color.FromName("#ffeb9c");
    }
}