Question

I have two xml files, one of them is dev.xml which has this code

 <mapping>
  <character>अ</character>
  <itrans>a</itrans>
</mapping>

the second file is guj.xml

  <mapping>
  <character>અ</character>
  <itrans>a</itrans>
  <mapping>

i need to access these xml files and store the characters in an two dimensional array in global.asa!! i am using C# visual studio 2008!! thanks!!

I HAVE DONE THINGS SO FAR

        sbyte[,] a = new sbyte[100, 100];
        sbyte[,] b = new sbyte[100, 100];
        int count = 0;
        XDocument xmlDoc = XDocument.Load("dev.xml");
        while (!eof)
        {
            if (documentcontent.childnode == "true")
                count = count + 1;
        }

         for(int i=0;i<count;i++)
        {
             for(int j=0;j<count;j++)
             {
                 if(j==0)
                 a[i][j]=documentcontent.childnode.childnode[0].data;
                 else
                     a[i][j]=documentcontent.childnode.childnode[1].data;
             }

         }

IS the END OF FILE c ondition correct? i am getting an error!! how to use end of file in c#?

Answer 1

This should help you out:

XElement xdoc = XElement.Load("dev.xml");
var myMapping = xdoc.Descendants("mapping")
                    .ToDictionary(x => x.Element("character").Value, 
                                  x => x.Element("itrans").Value);

This assumes this XML structure for dev.xml (added outer element mappings so you can store multiple mapping elements:

<mappings>
  <mapping>
    <character>अ</character>
    <itrans>a</itrans>
  </mapping>
  <mapping>
    <character>foo</character>
    <itrans>bar</itrans>
  </mapping>
</mappings>

You can use it like:

string itrans = myMapping["foo"]; //returns bar