Check if DataRow exists by column name in c#? [duplicate]

Question

I want to do something like this:

   private User PopulateUsersList(DataRow row)         {             Users user = new Users();             user.Id = int.Parse(row["US_ID"].ToString());             if (row["US_OTHERFRIEND"] != null)             {                 user.OtherFriend = row["US_OTHERFRIEND"].ToString();             }             return user;         } 

However, I get an error saying US_OTHERFRIEND does not belong to the table. I want to simply check if it is not null, then set the value.

Isn't there a way to do this?

Answer 1

You should try

if (row.Table.Columns.Contains("US_OTHERFRIEND")) 

I don't believe that row has a columns property itself.