C# Parsing XML File

Question

I looked through a few thread here on stack overflow and I cannot find the answer. I have an xml file setup like the following:

<entry id="1" type="a">
    <name>string 1</name>
    <description>any description</description>
</entry>
<entry id="2" type="b">
    <name>string 2</name>
    <description>any description #2</description>
</entry>

I need to select all "entry" tags and return the ID, the Type, the inner name and description tags of the entry. How can I do so with C#?

Thanks,

That sure looks like XML...as such, I would use XDocument and the LINQ extensions for XML. You could also use XPath if you needed the added power (at the expense of complexity, in some cases). See stackoverflow.com/questions/566167/… — Tim M.
– Tim M., Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 0:32
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/… (Linq to XMl with Descendants is a good staring point). — Jason Down
– Jason Down, Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 0:34

Sergey Berezovskiy · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-09 00:40:21Z

13

Keep in mind, that your xml file should have single root node. Here is parsing with Linq to Xml:

var xdoc = XDocument.Load(path_to_xml);
var entries = from e in xdoc.Descendants("entry")
              select new {
                 Id = (int)e.Attribute("id"),
                 Type = (string)e.Attribute("type"),
                 Name = (string)e.Element("name"),
                 Description = (string)e.Element("description")
              };

Query will return sequence of anonymous objects corresponding to each entry element (with properties Id, Type, Name, and Description).

answered Jan 9, 2013 at 0:40

Sergey Berezovskiy

237k44 gold badges441 silver badges468 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

Sergey Berezovskiy Over a year ago

@user1425433 XML Documents Must Have a Root Element in your question there is two entry elements on root level

Kirill Polishchuk · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-09 00:32:48Z

1

Look at HtmlAgilityPack library. Using it you can parse HTML using LINQ or XPath.

answered Jan 9, 2013 at 0:32

Kirill Polishchuk

56.4k11 gold badges125 silver badges127 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

C# Parsing XML File

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related