Access Label through variables

Question

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?

Solitaire · Answer

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 Noor · Answer

Hi Can u explain more plz also to change the text in your label i think we must write lbl & strCommodity & intCommodityWorth & lblIndustrials130.text