Question

I have a xml like that:

<item>
<name>chuck - norris</name>
</item>

I can get full name from there and add it to listbox with this:

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public class helperclass
{
  string helper;
  public string Helper
  {
       get {return helper; }
       set {helper = value; }
  }
}

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//xml comes from internet

void something_DownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
XElement xml = XElement.Parse(e.Result);   

var info = from somexml in xml.Descendants("item")
     select new helperclass
     {
        Helper = (string)somexml.Element("name")
     };

listBox1.ItemsSource = info;

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But how can I replace that ” – ” with line break so I can get:

chuck

norris

instead of:

chuck – norris

and how to get only first name?

Answer 1

Use Linq to XML instead:

         var listOfStringsYouWant = new List<string>();
         var doc = XDocument.Load("placeXMLHere");
         // finds every node of item
         doc.Descendants("item").ToList()
            .ForEach(item =>
                        {
                           listOfStringsYouWant.Add(item.Element("name").Value.Replace('-', '\r\n'));
                        });