Static Dropdown List Values

Question

Hi

I have defined below dropdown list but i want Values should be saved as 0,1,2

static List<string> lst = new List<string>() { "Monthly", "Quarterly", "HALF YEARLY", "YEARLY" };
public Incentives_Period()
{
}

public static  List<string> InCentivesPeriod
{
    get
    {
        return lst;
    }
}

Thanks

Amit Mohanty · Answer

Try this: private static readonly Dictionary incentivesPeriod = new Dictionary () { { 0, "Monthly" }, { 1, "Quarterly" }, { 2, "HALF YEARLY" }, { 3, "YEARLY" } }; public Incentives_Period() { } public static Dictionary IncentivesPeriod { get { return incentivesPeriod; } }

Jithu Thomas · Answer

Define a Class for the Dropdown Items public class DropdownItem { public string Text { get; set; } public int Value { get; set; } } Populate the List with Objects public class Incentives_Period { static List lst = new List () { new DropdownItem { Text = "Monthly", Value = 0 }, new DropdownItem { Text = "Quarterly", Value = 1 }, new DropdownItem { Text = "HALF YEARLY", Value = 2 }, new DropdownItem { Text = "YEARLY", Value = 3 } }; public Incentives_Period() { } public static List IncentivesPeriod { get { return lst; } } } Usage: - ddlIncentivesPeriod.DataSource = Incentives_Period.IncentivesPeriod; ddlIncentivesPeriod.DataBind();