Get SPUser from User Column

 

There are two ways to get the SPUser object from the User Column of list item.

 

1. User SPFieldUserValue constructor

 

string userName = item[fieldName] as string;
SPFieldUserValue value = new SPFieldUserValue(item.ParentList.ParentWeb, userName);
SPUser user = value.User;

 

2. Use SPFieldUser's GetFieldValue

 

SPFieldUser userField = item.Fields[fieldName] as SPFieldUser;
string userName = item[fieldName] as string;

SPFieldUserValue fieldValue = (SPFieldUserValue)userField.GetFieldValue(userName);
SPUser user = fieldValue.User;