Get an SPuser from a field name in SharePoint List. protected SPUser GetUser( SPListItem item, string user) { SPUser theuser = null ; SPFieldUserValue uv= new SPFieldUserValue (item.Web, Convert .ToString(item[user])); if ( null != uv ) { theuser = userValue.User; } return theuser; } You can then proceed to get the different output from the returned SPUser object: e.g. LoginName, Email
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