Question

I’m just wondering if it is possible to query a dynamic named xml element using LINQ.

See below sample XML doc:

<code>
<attendees>
<name>linda talor<name/>
<jur_a_credits>1.0<jur_a_credits/>
<jur_a_title>course 1<jur_a_title/>
<jur_f_credits>2.5<jur_f_credits/>
<jur_b_qualifier>self-study<jur_b_qualifier/>
<attendees/>
<code/>

I want now to select all xelement which contains a named “jur” then iterate the list to retrieves its value. Meaning, I want to have below

1.0
course 1
2.5
self-study

as in a collection so that I can iterate each of them to get there values.

Is it possible to query it in LINQ?

Answer 1

Sure:

// You could use "Contains" instead of "StartsWith" of course
var query = doc.Descendants()
               .Where(x => x.Name.LocalName.StartsWith("jur"))
               .ToList();