InnerHTML and change of values

Question

/// /// I have created a table with two fields (name and country) /// then created two labels and two text boxes /// I cliked on a button and my question is why c2.InnerHtml does not capture the value inside the txtCountry /// protected void btn_click_Click( object sender EventArgs e) { lblName.Text = txtName.Text; lblCountry.Text = txtCountry.Text; // a way to clear table content in html n1.InnerHtml = txtName.Text = String .Empty; c1.InnerHtml = txtCountry.Text = String .Empty; // a way to change table content in html n2.InnerHtml = ahmed ; // this works fine by inserting the word inside the  c2.InnerHtml = txtCountry.Text; // this did not insert the word from the text box ?? } Thanks for your help Bob

theLizard · Answer

It is doing exactly what you have told it to. n1.InnerHtml = txtName.Text = String .Empty ; //the result of this is an empty string even if txtName.Text had something in it you emptied it before assigning to n1.