Question

I have an xml file and I am trying to get a list of all of a particular node using c#.

A trimmed down version of my xml is:

<file>
    <AnotherNode>
    </AnotherNode> 
    <ROWS> 
        <row> 
            <code>Code1</code> 
            <R>1</R> 
            <G>2</G> 
            <B>3</B> 
        </row> 
        <row> 
            <code>Code2</code> 
            <R>1</R> 
            <G>2</G> 
            <B>3</B> 
        </row>
    </ROWS>
</file>

There are multiple “row” nodes and I want a list of all the codes from within those nodes

The XPath I am using is:

/file/ROWS/row/code

with this code:

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(xml);
XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;
XmlNodeList nodeList = root.SelectNodes(xpath here);
foreach (XmlNode code in nodeList)
{
}

but I am returning no nodes.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Solution and suggestion if you are using at least .net 3.5.

XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load("XMLFile1.xml");
foreach (XElement element in xdoc.XPathSelectElements("//file/ROWS/row/code"))
{

}

Be sure to include “using System.Xml.XPath;”