Question

/*  @"C:\xml\xml2.xml"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<food>
<fruits>
<fruit>Apple</fruit>
<fruit>Orange</fruit>
<fruit>Melon</fruit>
<fruit>Watermelon</fruit>
</fruits>
</food>


string xml_path2 = @"C:\xml\xml2.xml";
            XDocument doc2 = XDocument.Load(xml_path2);
            var qry2 = doc2.Descendants("fruits").Select(n => n.Element("fruit").Value);
            foreach (var item in qry2) {
                Console.WriteLine(item);
            }

Output: Show only Apple, instead of showing all fruits

I am using Visula Studio 2008 and Net FrameWork 3.5 . Why does it shows like that?

Answer 1

 doc2.Descendants("fruits").Select(n => n.Element("fruit").Value);

This will find a single <fruits> element, it then applies the Element(name) method to it.
XContainer.Element is defined (my emphasis):

Gets the first (in document order) child element with the specified XName.

So you get just one result.