Question

Sorry if this is a stupid question but I am new to WP7 development (and C# in general).

I have an XML file that looks like this:


<sessions>

<session id="305">

<startdatetime>2012-09-12 09:30:00</startdatetime>

<enddatetime>2012-09-12 10:30:00</enddatetime>

<name>TEST</name>

<description>[text]</description>

<venueID>19</venueID>

<speakerID>1764,2077,2361</speakerID>

</session>

<session> ... </session>

<session> ... </session>

etc.`

</sessions>

Later in the XML there are nodes for venues and speakers, I can pull the venue out fine using


var venuedata = from query in loadedData.Descendants("venues").Descendants("venue")

where query.Attribute("id").Value == session.venueID

select new Venue

{

[stuff]

};

[etc]

But how do I do the same thing when the XML contains a comma-seperated list like the speakers in this case?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Use string.Split to extract the comma-separated value: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.split.aspx

select new Venue
{
    Speakers = query.Element("speakerID").Value.Split(',').ToList(),
    [stuff]
};