Compiler error

[NewToAspDotNet]

Hi All, Im trying to run this code: foreach (DataRow dr in ds.Tables["table1"].Rows) { if (dr[1].ToString() == "f") { dr[1].ToString() = "finish"; } else { dr[1].ToString() = "not finish"; } } But im getting the error: The left-hand side of an assignment must be a variable, property or indexer Could'nt find anything on google that solves this. Anyone a idea? Thanx

[Giorgi Dalakishvili]

You are assigning a value to a result of a function.

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[Mike Dimmick]

It is generally better to convert from object to a concrete type by casting, if you know what type an expression is, than to use a conversion function. I would write this as

foreach (DataRow dr in ds.Tables["table1"].Rows)
{
if ( (string)dr[1] == "f" )
{
dr[1] = "finish";
}
else
{
dr[1] = "not finish";
}
}

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[Jaiprakash M Bankolli]

Remove the toString() from dr[1].ToString() and dr[1].ToString()... Everything will work fine

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[Luc Pattyn]

Hi Justim, this is not a compiler error at all; at best it is a compiler-generated error message, due to a Justim error. :)

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