Question

I am trying to parse some XML in my program, but I cannot seem to figure out the best way to do this.

The XML has an element called “container”. This element has multiple descendants called “text”. What I would like to do is pull out the values inside the “text” elements, in order, and save them in a string.

So the XML looks like :

<containers>
   <container>
      <elt3243> </elt3243>
      <elt1122></elt1122>
      <elt><text> Put me in a string please </text> </elt>
      <elt2211></elt2211>
   </container>
   <container>
      <elt3243><text>I would also like to be in the string</text></elt3243>
      <elt1122></elt1122>
      <elt> </elt>
      <elt2211></elt2211>
   </container>
</containers>

And the result I would like :

String result = "Put me in a string please \n I would also like to be in the string";

What is the best way of doing this ?

Answer 1

XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(file.FullName);
var strings = doc.Descendants("container").SelectMany(x => x.Descendants("text")).ToList();
return strings.Join(" \n ");