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chkBoxIndex = (string)grdView.DataKeys[row.RowIndex].Value.ToString();

foreach (DataGridItem item in contacts.Items)
{
   chkSelection = (CheckBox)item.FindControl("chkSelection");
   if (chkSelection.Checked)
   {
       string contact = contacts.Items[0].Cells[4].Text;//this retrieves the phone_num at Items[0].Cells[4]
       errors.Text = contact.ToString();//whether checked or not, not what iam expecting really.
       errors.Visible = true;
   }
}

Items[0].Cells[4]

Items[item].Cells[4]

Items[item] to Items[int]

foreach (DataGridItem item in contacts.Items)
{   
     int i=0;
     chkSelection = (CheckBox)item.FindControl("chkSelection");   
     if (chkSelection.Checked)   
     {       
            string contact = Convert.ChangeType((Label)item.FindControl("lblContactNo"),Label).text;   

            string[] arr=new string[20];
            arr[i]= contact;  
            i++;
     }
}

for (int i = 0; i < contacts.Items.Count; i++)
{
    foreach (DataGridItem item in contacts.Items)
    {
        chkSelection = (CheckBox)item.FindControl("chkSelection");
        if (chkSelection.Checked)
        {
            string cont = contacts.Items[i].Cells[4].Text;
            errors.Text += cont;
            errors.Visible = true;
        }
        else
        {
             errors.Text = "";
             errors.Visible = true;
        }
    }
}

nagendrathecoder wrote:

Now, i want to know, what is this errors.Text ?

nagendrathecoder wrote:

and why you are doing error.Text="" ?

CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)contacts.Items[i].Cells[4].Text;

nagendrathecoder wrote:

CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)contacts.Items[i].Cells[4].Text;

CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)contacts.Items[i].Cells[4].FindControl("chkBox");