Question

what im trying to do is, i have the following xml:

Postcode id=”E20 2AP” from=”test1″ to=”test2″/>

im trying to search for the postcode id and then get the from and to text from that id the code i have:

    Public Shared Function GetFromDate(ByVal PostCode As String) As String
    Dim LoadToAddresses = From ex In doc.Descendants.Elements("Postcode") Select New With {.accountName = ex.Attribute("id").Value, .datefrom = ex.Attribute("from").Value}
    For Each x In LoadToAddresses
        Dim datefrom = (From p In LoadToAddresses Where p.accountName = PostCode Select New With {.datefrom = p.datefrom}).Single
        Return datefrom.ToString
    Next
End Function

this works but it returns:

{ datefrom = test }

i just want it to state “test”

thanks

Answer 1

'Return datefrom.ToString
Return datefrom.datefrom

or:

'Dim datefrom = (From p In LoadToAddresses Where p.accountName = PostCode Select New With {.datefrom = p.datefrom}).Single
Dim datefrom = (From p In LoadToAddresses Where p.accountName = PostCode Select p.datefrom}).Single