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Dynamically list yers in dropdown

I need to generate a dropdownlist dynamically. the dropdown list whould have the list of next 10 yrs. like "2003","2004","2005","2006","2007","2008","2009","2010","2011","2012"
the years are based on current yr.(start from)

Anyone can guide me on this?

Also is there anywhere I can do this and use the ObjectDataSource to populate the list

Thanks

AlexFM

int year = DateTime.Now.Year;

for ( int i = 0; i < 10; i++ )
{
comboBox1.Items.Add(year.ToString());
++year;
}

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AlexFM

I like to write by such way for readability. No problem, if you want to save code line, in any case this produces the same executable code.

claracruz

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Thanks for that guus,

As do I apply your above code to the following;-

<asp:DropDownList ID="year" runat="server" CssClass="input" Width="140px">
<asp:ListItem Text=" ----- Any Year ------ "/>
<asp:ListItem Text="2006"/>
<asp:ListItem Text="2005"/>
<asp:ListItem Text="2004"/>
<asp:ListItem Text="2003"/>
</asp:DropDownList>

bearing in mind am trying to seperate code from presentation

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claracruz

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thanks for the bit of code, I used it to bind to the dropdown from codebehind link so;-

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddyear" runat="server" CssClass="input" Width="140px"></asp:DropDownList>

Then in my codebehind;-

protected void loadPage(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
String[] Array1 = new string[20];
int nIntial = 2006;
Array1[0] = " ---- Any Year ---- ";
for (int i = 1; i < Array1.Length; i++)
{
Array1[i] = (nIntial--) + "";
}
ddyear.DataSource = Array1;
ddyear.DataBind();
}

}