how to check if item is selected from a comboBox in C#

Question

I\'m pretty new here.

I have a form, and want to check if the user filled it in correctly. In the form there\'s a combo box; how can I build the \"if\" statement fo

Answer 1

Use:

if(comboBox.SelectedIndex > -1) //somthing was selected

To get the selected item you do:

Item m = comboBox.Items[comboBox.SelectedIndex];

As Matthew correctly states, to get the selected item you could also do

Item m = comboBox.SelectedItem;