WPF Combo Box gets the selected tag

string str1 = ((ComboBoxItem)this. cboboxrate1553b.items[. Cboboxrate1553b.selectedindex]). Tag.tostring (); string str2 = ( this as ComboBoxItem). Tag.tostring ();

I do not know why I can only convert to var or string type, and then to other types.

I have a combo box like this

    <ComboBox Name="myMenu">        <ComboBoxItem Content="Question 1" Tag="1"  />        <ComboBoxItem Content="Question 2" Tag="2"  />        <ComboBoxItem Content="Question 3" Tag="3"  />        <ComboBoxItem Content="Question 4" Tag="4"  />    </ComboBox>

How can I programmatically set the selected index by Tag Value? e.g. ' Mymenu.selectedtag = 3 ' and Question 3 would be the selected item?

I want something easier than my current solution really ...

      int tagToSelect = 3;      foreach (ComboBoxItem item in myMenu.Items)      {          if(item.Tag.Equals(tagToSelect)          {               myMenu.SelectedItem = item;          }      }

WPF Combo Box gets the selected tag