how to read xml in c# using linq to xml

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Hi,

could anyone help me?
i have an xml file

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Description Version="1">
  <MetaData>
    <aa>4008321964403</aa>
    <bb>1</bb>
    <cc>0</cc>
    <dd>A63238E</dd>
    <ee>select</ee>
    <ff>DALI</ff>
    <gg>true</gg>
  </MetaData>
</Description >

i want to read all child element of metadata using linq.

i have checked with

C#

var loadecg = (from elem in xElement.Elements("MetaData")
                           select elem);

but it is coming in string form i want one by one using 1 query because i also want to display these child element values.

Thanks

Posted 10-Dec-13 2:30am

bunty swapnil

Updated 10-Dec-13 22:41pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Dec-13 12:02pm

This is not XML! Just a typo? Use Copy/Paste. :-)
—SA

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Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) · Answer 1 · 2013-12-10T03:10:00

Solution 1

First of all, I don't know whether the end tags are wrong at your side or it is just a posting issue here.

XML

<bb>1</bbr>
<cc>0</ccr>

It should be </bb> and </cc>.

XML

<bb>1</bb>
<cc>0</cc>

Solution

You need use xElement.Elements("MetaData").Descendants().

C#

var loadecg = from elem in xElement.Elements("MetaData").Descendants()
              select elem;

string value = string.Empty;

foreach (var descendant in loadecg)
{
    // Get the value for each Descendant.
    value = descendant.Value;
}

Posted 10-Dec-13 3:10am

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Dec-13 12:02pm

Due to this two lines you mentioned in first code sample, the correct answer should be:

This is not XML. You cannot parse it as XML. Make it well-formed first.

—SA

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 10-Dec-13 12:05pm

Oh yes :D you are correct Sergey. Still I provided the code to read the XML if OP makes it well formatted after seeing the answer. :)

Thanks,
Tadit

bunty swapnil 11-Dec-13 4:48am

yes tadit but i tried above code that is also not working.

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 11-Dec-13 5:06am

Did you correct your XML?