How do I traverse through the below XML file and print the child elements of a node?

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How can I traverse through the below XML file and print the child element node names of the DaysOfWeek node? I only need Tuesday and Wednesday as outputs. Please advice.

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<ScheduleInfo>

	<DaysOfWeek>
		<Tuesday>true</Tuesday>
		<Wednesday>true</Wednesday>
	</DaysOfWeek>

</ScheduleInfo>

Posted 23-Oct-14 5:30am

mayooran99

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Xpath : //DaysOfWeek/*
http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/xpath_intro.asp[^]

Posted 23-Oct-14 5:45am

PIEBALDconsult

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mayooran99 23-Oct-14 11:52am

I know XPath but i dont know how to use this in C# Please help.

PIEBALDconsult 23-Oct-14 11:59am

I load the file into an XmlDocument and use SelectNodes, but others prefer XDocument and Linq. It's up to you. Have a look at those.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xmldocument(v=vs.110).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.linq.xdocument(v=vs.110).aspx

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george4986 · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-23T19:57:00

hi ,

plz try this code
namespaces needed

C#

using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Xml;

C# code

C#

 string xml = @"<scheduleinfo>
 
	<daysofweek>
		<tuesday>true</tuesday>
		<wednesday>true</wednesday>
	</daysofweek>
 
</scheduleinfo>";
               XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load(XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(xml)));
               var selectedElement = xDoc.Descendants("ScheduleInfo").Elements("DaysOfWeek");
               foreach (var element in selectedElement.Elements())
               {
                   //for value use element.Value.ToString()
                   //for Name use element.Name.ToString()
                   MessageBox.Show(element.Name.ToString());
               }

good luck ;-)