For...Next loop for 1-D array and labels

Hello Everyone! First post here, hope it won't be my last. Wondering if someone can give me a hand with a problem:

On the form, I have labels, grouped together, named cell1, cell2, cell3, etc.
There are 20 cells total, with an integer pre-positioned in each one. I want to simplify the coding so that a For...Next loop will put all those number in the array for me:

Dim Numbers(19), x As Short

For x = 0 To 19

Numbers(x) = cellx.Text

Next x

My problem is VB.NET doesn't like using the variable as the cell number ("cellx.Text"). How do I get the variable x to represent the cell number I'm working with for each cycle of the loop?

I'm sure it's a simple solution, but I'm somewhat new to this.

Hi,

Several ways to do this.

If your label prefix "cell" is unique to the labels you want to access try:

Dim iCount As integer
Dim c As Control
For each c in Me.Controls
If Microsoft.VisualBasic.left(c.Name,3) = cell then
c.Text = Mid(c.Name,4,1)
End If
next

If your label names are not unique then put an identifier in the Tag property

If your labels are in a separate GroupBox etc then use

For each c in GroupBox1.Controls