Question

When I output this code, I get { Price: 1446 } when I only want the number without the braces. Is there a way to do this? Also, once I get the price value, I want to convert it to a decimal. Is there a way to do this?

var flightPrice = (from f in XElement.Load(MapPath("flightdata.xml")).Elements("flight")
                           where (string)f.Element("flightnumber") == FlightNumber
                              && (string)f.Element("destinationairportsymbol") == Destination
                           select new { Price = (Int32)f.Element("price") }
                           ).SingleOrDefault();

lblPrice.Text = flightPrice.ToString();

Answer 1

Your select is creating an anonymous type with a single property: Price. If all you want is the actual price (and as a float), change your select to

// select new { Price = (Int32)f.Element("price") }
select (float)(int)f.Element("price")

However, it is not recommended that you use a float to deal with something financial like a price. The decimal data type is the preferred type for such a value.

select (decimal)f.Element("price")