How to get the selected item of a combo box to a string variable in c#

Question

Can anyone tell me how to get the selected item of a ComboBox to a string variable?

string selected = cmbbox.SelectedItem.ToString(); MessageBox.Show(selected); 

This gives me System.Data.DataRowView in my MessageBox

Answer 1

Try this:

string selected = this.ComboBox.GetItemText(this.ComboBox.SelectedItem); MessageBox.Show(selected); 

Answer 2

You can use as below:

string selected = cmbbox.Text; MessageBox.Show(selected);