Find multiple controls with by partially matching their name

Question

I currently have 100+ labels, with names like:

labelNumber1 
labelNumber2 
labelNumber3 
labelNumber4 
....
labelLetter1
labelLetter2 
labelLetter3 
labelLet         


        

Answer 1

you can filter the list of controls to only return the labels. You would also want to make sure the name is greater than 11 chars.

        List allNumberLabels = new List();
        foreach (Label t in this.Controls.OfType())
        {                
            if (t.Name.Length > 11)
            {
                if (t.Name.Substring(5, 6).Equals("Number"))
                {
                    allNumberLabels.Add(t);
                }
            }
        }