>>>>>Linq? :

ListViewItem v = (ListViewItem) (from ListViewItem lvi in MyList where lvi.Text == e.Text select lvi).FirstOrDefault();

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>>>>Hi Viv, thanks for that , what I need is the index of the ListViewItem - but I can get it from the item - thanks again
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>>int index = (int)(from ListViewItem lvi in MyList where lvi.Text == e.Text select lvi.Index).FirstOrDefault();
>>

>>>(will be 0 if not found)
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>>0? If that's the case, how can you distinquish an index to the first item from one that's not found?
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>Duh. It's picking up the default int. Maybe:

int index = MyList.Where(i => i.Text == e.Text).Select(i => i.Index).DefaultIfEmpty(-999).FirstOrDefault();

but at that point it's not much of an improvement on the original

Hi Viv, thanks for your replies - I've tried

int index = (int)(from ListViewItem lvi in MyList where lvi.Text == e.Text select lvi.Index).FirstOrDefault();

but for some reason it doesn't work consistently - it finds the first item I search for but fails to find others I know are in the list - if I re-search the original item then look for another one - it *sometimes* finds it but not always. What I've found always works is this

e.Index = MyList.FindIndex(i => i.Text == e.Text);

Any ideas as to why this is happening ? Thanks again for your help