Find a String in a Listbox

 '
        'txtItem.Text would be a textbox control whose text will be searched. And of
        'course, lstItems is a Listbox control or you can make it a Combobox control. The code below 
        'shows searching for a partial/exact string at either the beginning of the control or at a 
        'specified Index value.
        '
        '
        'Search a Listbox Control for a exact string
        lstItems.SelectedIndex = lstItems.FindStringExact(txtItem.Text)
        '
        'Search a Listbox Control for a partial string
        lstItems.SelectedIndex = lstItems.FindString(txtItem.Text)
        '
        'Start searching a Listbox Control for a partial string at Index value 4.
        lstItems.SelectedIndex = lstItems.FindString(txtItem.Text, 4)
        '
        'Start searching a Listbox Control for a exact string at Index value 2.
        lstItems.SelectedIndex = lstItems.FindStringExact(txtItem.Text, 2)

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