Access Label through variables

Kelly Dyjur

I am new to VB.net and am doing some coding on a simple game to teach myself some of the basic elements of the language. I am stuck on one small thing right now, and have searched for a solution, with no luck. Here is my problem:

I want to be able to change the text property of a label using variables. For example, the label text that I want to access is:

lblIndustrials130.text

But I want to be able to access it using variables within the program:

"lbl" & strCommodity & intCommodityWorth & ".text"

I want to access a certain label based on certain variables. I hope this is clear enough, can someone help a new person?

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Solitaire20y ago
Did you try assigning a value to the text property?

First you need to convert intCommodityWorth to a string and trim any extra spaces. Don't add ".text" to the string. That is the property, not the string itself. Both the strCommodity and the intCommodityWorth variables need to have values assigned to them beforehand. For example, this works:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

Dim strCommodityWorth As String, strCommodity As String, intCommodityWorth As Integer

intCommodityWorth = 990

strCommodity = "Commodity"

strCommodityWorth = Convert.ToString(intCommodityWorth).Trim()

lblIndustrials130.Text = "lbl" & strCommodity & strCommodityWorth

End Sub
Ezdehar Noor20y ago
Hi
Can u explain more plz

also to change the text in your label i think we must write
"lbl" & strCommodity & intCommodityWorth & lblIndustrials130.text