Get html tags embedded in xml using linq

Question

I have a basic xml file that looks like this.

    <root>
     <item>
        <title><p>some title</p></title>
     </item>
    ...
    </root>

What I want, is to get the whole title string including the html tag of the xml using linq and displaying it in a repeater . I can get the title with no problem, but the <p> tag is being stripped out.

If I use
title = item.Element("title").ToString(), it works somehow but I get all the xml tag as well - meaning the title is not displayed in html.

I already tried with encoding the "<" with "<" but to do this makes the xml hard to read.

What would be a possible solution besides using CDATA and encoding?

Cheers Terry

would you consider manually parsing the XML?

A.Rashad
– A.Rashad

2009-08-07 09:47:21 +00:00
Commented Aug 7, 2009 at 9:47 — A.Rashad
– A.Rashad, Commented Aug 7, 2009 at 9:47

bruno conde · Accepted Answer · 2009-08-07 13:48:47Z

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Create a reader from the title element and read InnerXml:

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string xml = "<root><item><title><p>some title</p></title></item></root>";

        XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Parse(xml);
        XElement te = xdoc.Descendants("title").First();
        using (XmlReader reader = te.CreateReader())
        {
            if (reader.Read())
                title = reader.ReadInnerXml();
        }
    }

edited Aug 7, 2009 at 13:48

answered Aug 7, 2009 at 10:12

bruno conde

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Terry Marder Over a year ago

thanks bruno for the suggestion, unfortunately it didn't work. Could you give me an example of how I would combine this with the linq select statement I'm using? - Terry

Terry Marder Over a year ago

thanks bruno, you pointed me in the right direction. Will take a little time to adapt it to my needs, but now I know where to start.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:30:43Z

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See Best way to get InnerXml of an XElement? for some ideas on how to get the "InnerXml" of an XElement.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:30

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answered Aug 7, 2009 at 21:34

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Ed Power · Accepted Answer · 2009-08-08 00:04:48Z

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XElement x = XElement.Parse(your xml);

var y= x.Descendants("title").Descendants();

Then iterate y for a list of the contents of the title elements.

BTW, LINQPad (http://www.linqpad.net) is a handy free tool for trying out LINQ-XML.

answered Aug 8, 2009 at 0:04

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Terry Marder Over a year ago

Hi ebpower, I tried that but somehow couldn't get it to work. Thanks for the hint with LINQPad, I had totally forgotten about it, been a while since I worked with it.

Ed Power Over a year ago

Hmm - i pasted from my LINQPad window. I used "<root><item><title><p>some title</p></title></item></root>" in place of the "your xml" parameter to XElement.Parse.

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