Xml node not actually node, need to get attribute

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Here is the xml:

<_text_column min_width="0" max_width="2031051">
    <PF_Para_Base align="center">
        <_char data_tag="PricesGoodText" font_size="35270" bold="true" italic="false" font_name="/ITC Franklin Gothic Demi" text_color="White">PricesGoodText</_char>
    </PF_Para_Base>
</_text_column>

I am opening and appending a root to the file because I was getting a multiple root error with the file

using (var fs = new StreamReader(fullFileName))
using (var xr = XmlReader.Create(fs, settings))
{
    while (xr.Read())
    {
        if (xr.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
        {
            rootElement.Add(XElement.Load(xr.ReadSubtree()));
        }
    }
}

var attr = rootElement.Elements("char").Attribute("data_tag");

I need to get the attribute data_tag out of the node _char. It comes back as null.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:26:49Z

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rootElement.Elements("_char").Attributes("data_tag"); is wrong as Elements read just the direct children, you should use Descendants:

rootElement.Descendants("_char").Select(c => c.Attribute("data_tag").Value);

Check this SO question: What is the difference between Linq to XML Descendants and Elements

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:26

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tscLegend Over a year ago

ugh... simple solutions are the worst to spot

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