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Extension method to get SPUser object from SPListItem person field

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  1. public static SPUser GetUser(this SPListItem item, string displayName)
  2. {
  3.     //get field and cast to User Field type
  4.     var field = item.Fields.GetField(displayName) as SPFieldUser;
  5.  
  6.     if (null == field)
  7.     {
  8.         throw new ApplicationException("This field is not a User!");
  9.     }
  10.  
  11.     var fieldValue = field.GetFieldValue(item[field.Id].ToString()) as SPFieldUserValue;
  12.  
  13.     SPUser user = null;
  14.     if (null != fieldValue) 
  15.     {
  16.         user = fieldValue.User;
  17.     }
  18.  
  19.     return user;
  20. }

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