How do you remove items from an ASP.NET Drop Down List without knowing anything about contents

Question

I have a drop down list in ASP.NET.

I want to remove every item from this list apart from the first one.

I see there is a Remove methond on items but it dosn't seeem to meet my needs.

Can this be done?

Answer 1

Here is the code for the clear method:

var listItem = DropDownList.Items[0];

DropDownList.Items.Clear();


DropDownList.Items.Add(listItem);

Answer 2

you could grab the first element and store it in a local variable, then remove all items (Clear method) and finally add the first element again.