how to get selected items count in asp:checkboxlist

Question

i have a checkboxlist control

<asp:CheckBoxList ID="chkselectedItems" Font-Size="12px" runat="server"> 
 </asp:CheckBoxList>

and i created listitems on it dynamically.If i checked more than one item from the checkbox list, How i get the selected item count using asp.net

thanks

Answer 1

Use this single line of code:

int selectedCount = chkselectedItems.Items.Cast<ListItem>().Count(li => li.Selected);