How do I create a new xelement for each tag in XML in C#?

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My XML contains data as follows:

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE repub SYSTEM "C:\repub\Repub_V1.dtd">
<?xml-stylesheet href="C:\repub\repub.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<repub>
<head>
<title>xxx</title>
</head>
<body>
<sec>
<title>First Title</title>
<break name="1-1"/>
<h1><page num="1"/>First Heading</h1>
<bl>This is another text</bl>
<fig><img src="images/img_1-1.jpg" alt=""/><fc>This is a caption</fc></fig>
<p>This<br/> again is<br/> a paragraph</p>
</sec>
</body>
</repub>

It contains a tag with multiple tags. I want to create a new for each .

What I want to achieve:

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE repub SYSTEM "C:\repub\Repub_V1.dtd">
<?xml-stylesheet href="C:\repub\repub.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<repub>
<head>
<title>xxx</title>
</head>
<body>
<sec>
<title>First Title</title>
<break name="1-1"/>
<h1><page num="1"/>First Heading</h1>
<bl>This is another text</bl>
<fig><img src="images/img_1-1.jpg" alt=""/><fc>This is a caption</fc></fig>
<p>This</p>
<p>again is</p>
<p>a paragraph</p>
</sec>
</body>
</repub>

I don't know how to proceed.

What I have tried:

I am trying to approach it by using the following method:

C#

foreach (var item in xdoc.Descendants("p"))
{
	if (item.Elements("br").Count() > 0)
	{
		foreach (var br in item.Elements("br"))
		{
			//Do something
		}
	}
}

Posted 16-Apr-19 19:16pm

Primo Chalice

Updated 16-Apr-19 20:40pm

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Christian Graus 17-Apr-19 1:18am

I don't think this is best done with XML. You're better off just using regex or string mashing it IMO.

Primo Chalice 17-Apr-19 2:20am

Then how shall I proceed? Is linq a good option? Please help me out

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2019-04-16T20:40:00

Solution 1

I'd strongly recommend to read about XSLT Transformations[^]

BTW: your original xml is wrong. You can't use XDocument class, due to the fact that using Load method causes the following error: Illegal characters in the path.

Posted 16-Apr-19 20:40pm

Maciej Los

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