Best way to check if a drop down list contains a value?

Question

When the user navigates to a new page, this ddl\'s selected index is determined by a cookie, but if the ddl doesn\'t contain that cookie\'s value, then I\'d like it to be se

Answer 1

If the function return Nothing, you can try this below

if (ddlCustomerNumber.Items.FindByText(
    GetCustomerNumberCookie().ToString()) != Nothing)
{
...
}