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.NET Forum / ASP.NET / General / December 2007returning x chars of Eval("..")
I'm putting a radG:GridTemplateColumn together (which is probably irelevant), and within it I'm using a Label, as so: <asp:Label ID="defaultDescription" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("description") %>'></asp:Label> Fo this Label, I'd like to only show the first 50 chars of the "description", but I've no idea how to change the Eval to do this.. is there a way? Kevin, The Eval method returns an object, which you can call ToString on and then call substring on: <%# Eval("description").ToString().Substring(0, 50) %> Or, assuming description is a string field (and you know this), you could just cast: <% ((string) Eval("description")).Substring(0, 50) %>  Signature- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] - mvp@spam.guard.caspershouse.com > I'm putting a radG:GridTemplateColumn together (which is probably > irelevant), and within it I'm using a Label, as so: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > "description", but I've no idea how to change the Eval to do this.. is > there a way? > Kevin, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> "description", but I've no idea how to change the Eval to do this.. is >> there a way? <asp:Label ID="defaultDescription" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("description") == null ? string.Empty : ((string) Eval("description")).Substring(0, 50) %> just to be on the safe side :P Mythran > > Kevin, > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Thanks guys.. apprecaite the replies. I ended up creating anew method, where i can do much more string manipulation, then return the result. My ASPX page now uses <%# getDescription() %> (there I can replace chars, truncate the length, search for "http://" and replace with "<a href='http://'" for example.
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