Find a row in dataGridView based on column and value

Question

I have a dataGridView that has 3 columns: SystemId, FirstName, LastName that is bound using database information. I would like to highlight a certain row, which I would do

Answer 1

The above answers only work if AllowUserToAddRows is set to false. If that property is set to true, then you will get a NullReferenceException when the loop or Linq query tries to negotiate the new row. I've modified the two accepted answers above to handle AllowUserToAddRows = true.

Loop answer:

String searchValue = "somestring";
int rowIndex = -1;
foreach(DataGridViewRow row in DataGridView1.Rows)
{
    if (row.Cells["SystemId"].Value != null) // Need to check for null if new row is exposed
    {
        if(row.Cells["SystemId"].Value.ToString().Equals(searchValue))
        {
            rowIndex = row.Index;
            break;
        }
    }
}

LINQ answer:

int rowIndex = -1;

bool tempAllowUserToAddRows = dgv.AllowUserToAddRows;

dgv.AllowUserToAddRows = false; // Turn off or .Value below will throw null exception

    DataGridViewRow row = dgv.Rows
        .Cast<DataGridViewRow>()
        .Where(r => r.Cells["SystemId"].Value.ToString().Equals(searchValue))
        .First();

    rowIndex = row.Index;

dgv.AllowUserToAddRows = tempAllowUserToAddRows;