Accessing a grid's column/row by name

Question:

Is it possible to access a grid row or column by name?

Answer:

The following example presents two functions: GetGridColumnByName() and GetGridRowByName() that return the given column or row that contains the specified caption.

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);

begin

StringGrid1.Rows[1].Strings[0] := 'This Row';

StringGrid1.Cols[1].Strings[0] := 'This Column';

end;

function GetGridColumnByName(Grid : TStringGrid;

ColName : string): integer;

var

i : integer;

begin

for i := 0 to Grid.ColCount - 1 do

if Grid.Rows[0].Strings[i] = ColName then begin

Result := i;

exit;

end;

Result := -1;

end;

function GetGridRowByName(Grid : TStringGrid;

RowName : string): integer;

var

i : integer;

begin

for i := 0 to Grid.RowCount - 1 do

if Grid.Cols[0].Strings[i] = RowName then begin

Result := i;

exit;

end;

Result := -1;

end;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);

var

Column : integer;

Row : integer;

begin

Column := GetGridColumnByName(StringGrid1, 'This Column');

if Column = -1 then

ShowMessage('Column not found') else

ShowMessage('Column found at ' + IntToStr(Column));

Row := GetGridRowByName(StringGrid1, 'This Row');

if Row = -1 then

ShowMessage('Row not found') else

ShowMessage('Row found at ' + IntToStr(Row));

end;