How do you remove items from an ASP.NET Drop Down List without knowing anything about contents

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I have a drop down list in ASP.NET. I want to remove every item from this list apart from the first one. I see there is a Remove methond on items but it dosn't seeem to meet my needs. Can this be done?

Accepted Answer

you could grab the first element and store it in a local variable, then remove all items (Clear method) and finally add the first element again.

How do you remove items from an ASP.NET Drop Down List without knowing anything about contents

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