Question

i have an xml file similar to this:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <data>     <resource key='123'>foo</resource>     <resource key='456'>bar</resource>     <resource key='789'>bar</resource>  </data> 

i want to put this into a Dictionary (sorted) as key value pairs. i.e: 123:foo, 456:bar…etc

the keys are unknown.

how can i do this?

Answer 1

Try this,

string s = '<data><resource key=\'123\'>foo</resource><resource key=\'456\'>bar</resource><resource key=\'789\'>bar</resource></data>'; XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument(); xml.LoadXml(s); XmlNodeList resources = xml.SelectNodes('data/resource'); SortedDictionary<string,string> dictionary = new SortedDictionary<string,string>(); foreach (XmlNode node in resources){    dictionary.Add(node.Attributes['key'].Value, node.InnerText); }