Casting an Item Collection from a listbox to a generic list
c#, casting, list, listbox
Solution
Try this (using System.Linq):
`OfType()` is an extension method, so you need to use `System.Linq`
List<string> selectedFields = new List<string>();
selectedFields.AddRange(chkDFMFieldList.CheckedItems.OfType<string>());
Or just do it in one line:
List<string> selectedFields = chkDFMFieldList.CheckedItems.OfType<string>().ToList();
Problem
I want to find a better way of populating a generic list from a checkedlistbox in c#. I can do the following easily enough: ``` List<string> selectedFields = new List<string>(); foreach (object a in chkDFMFieldList.CheckedItems) { selectedFields.Add(a.ToString()); } ``` There must be a more elagent method to cast the CheckedItems collection to my list.