swap rows in datagridview in c#

Question

i have a datagridview which is not related with dataTable.
and i want to swap for example 1st and 10th rows in datagridview.
i use this code for it

int row_1 = 1;
int row_10 = 10;
for(int i=0;i<grid.ColumnCount;i++)
{
  string temp = grid.Rows[row_1].Cells[i].Value.ToString();
  grid.Rows[row_1].Cells[i].Value = grid.Rows[row_10].Cells[i].Value.ToString();
  grid.Rows[row_10].Cells[i].Value = temp;
}

but i want to know is there any simple way to do this??

This is not good, you don't need to call `Value.ToString()` and so on, just store the Value in an object. That will be generic, unlike your code, which only works with strings. — Zoli, Jun 07 '21 at 15:37

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 15 '11 at 12:00

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var r10 = grid.Rows[9];
var r1 = grid.Rows[0];
grid.Rows.Remove(r1);
grid.Rows.Remove(r10);
grid.Rows.Insert(0, r10);
grid.Rows.Insert(9, r1);

answered Apr 15 '11 at 12:00

DarkSquirrel42

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 15 '11 at 11:46

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HI,
Have you tried:

DataGridViewRow temp =grid.Rows[row_1];
grid.Rows[row_1] = grid.Rows[row_10];
grid.Rows[row_10] = temp;

answered Apr 15 '11 at 11:46

Gabriel

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I get the message: DataGridViewRowCollection.this[int] cannot be assigned -- it is read only – Georg Feb 22 '16 at 08:38

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 16 '11 at 00:37

I wanted to comment on this.

While it -may- have been possible to do a straight swap in C# before, like smoore/Gabriels-

DataGridViewRow temp = grid.Rows[row_1].Clone();
grid.Rows[row_1] = grid.Rows[row_10].Clone();
grid.Rows[row_10] = temp;

This is no longer possible, as grid.Rows[index] is read only.

Instead, use DarkSquirrels method of saving the two rows, removing the rows, and re-inserting them swapped.

If somebody knows a better method (as this is like a 6 line method by iteslf without the logic to find the other value) please do comment!

Seth Moore · Answer 4 · 2011-04-15T11:55:10.140

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Try:

DataGridViewRow temp = grid.Rows[row_1].Clone();
grid.Rows[row_1] = grid.Rows[row_10].Clone();
grid.Rows[row_10] = temp;

edited Apr 15 '11 at 11:55

answered Apr 15 '11 at 11:49

Seth Moore

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 15 '11 at 12:13

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Just as addition:

if you need interchange more often, put the method above you prefer most in its own class and call the method (e.g. Interchange())

answered Apr 15 '11 at 12:13

AGuyCalledGerald

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 22 '16 at 09:27

This method works fine:

private static void SwapRows(DataGridView grid, int row1, int row2)
{
  if (row1 != row2 && row1 >= 0 && row2 >= 0 && row1 < grid.RowCount && row2 < grid.RowCount)  
  {
    var rows = grid.Rows.Cast<DataGridViewRow>().ToArray();
    var temp = rows[row1];
    rows[row1] = rows[row2];
    rows[row2] = temp;
    grid.Rows.Clear();
    grid.Rows.AddRange(rows);
  }
}

swap rows in datagridview in c#

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