Then, let's say we want to list all plants from the file:
The tricky part is that if there are namespaces in your xml (and there usually is), then you need to include the namepace in braces.
Showing posts with label XML. Show all posts
Showing posts with label XML. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Query XML files with LINQ
If you regularly work with XML, knowing a technique to directly query it can be a real asset. I have found LINQ to XML together with LINQPad to be really helpful. The best thing to do is to simply show an example. Here we have a trivial XML file that we load in and display:
Then, let's say we want to list all plants from the file:
The tricky part is that if there are namespaces in your xml (and there usually is), then you need to include the namepace in braces.
Then, let's say we want to list all plants from the file:
The tricky part is that if there are namespaces in your xml (and there usually is), then you need to include the namepace in braces.
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