Question

I want to extract a value from the datatable and store to a collection. What would be the best way to do it?

The rows in my Datatable will have data like :

 Row 1          <configuration><Store parameter="Atribs">AB,CD</Store></configuration>

 Row 2          <configuration><Store parameter="Atribs">EF,GH,IJ</Store></configuration>

 ......

I want to retrieve and store the values in a collection like,

Collection 1 :
AB
CD

Collection 2 :
EF
GH
IJ

Collection ....

Answer 1

Here you go…

var table = new DataTable();
            var column = new DataColumn("col1");

            table.Columns.Add(column);

            var row = table.NewRow();
            row[0] = @"<configuration><Store parameter=""Atribs"">AB,CD</Store></configuration>";
            table.Rows.Add(row);

            row = table.NewRow();
            row[0] = @"<configuration><Store parameter=""Atribs"">EF,GH,IJ</Store></configuration>";
            table.Rows.Add(row);

            var data = new List<List<string>>();

            foreach (DataRow dRow in table.Rows)
            {
                var temp = new List<string>();
                string xml = dRow.Field<string>("col1");

                var element = XElement.Parse(xml);
                string[] values = element.Descendants("Store").First().Value.Split(',');

                temp.AddRange(values);
                data.Add(temp);
            }