XML Parsing

Question

Hi guys,

i'd like to ask you, how can I parse xml file below:

<LostPeopleInfo>
  <LostPeople name="Jennifer Rodriges" email="[e-mail]"/>
  <LostPeople name="Pitter Pen"        email="[e-mail]"/>
  <LostPeople name="John Willson"      email="[e-mail]"/>
  <LostPeople name="Clara Schneider"   email="[e-mail]"/>
  <LostPeople name="Urlike Uerb"       email="[e-mail]"/>
  <LostPeople name="Piter Koch"        email="[e-mail]"/>
  <LostPeople name="Annet Flueghafen"  email="[e-mail]"/>
  <LostPeople name="Piter von Roberts" email="[e-mail]"/>
</LostPeopleInfo>

I need to have two Lists (Name and Email).

I would like to see how do you do that.


thank you in advance
J.

Answer 1

            var nodes = from element in doc.Descendants("LostPeople")
                        let att = element.Attribute("name")
                        where att != null
                        select att.Value;
            string[] names = nodes.ToArray();

Could you guys propose better solution ?


thank you in advance.

Answer 2

var names = doc.Descendants("LostPeople").Select(x => (string)(x.Attribute("name")));
var emails = doc.Descendants("LostPeople").Select(x => (string)(x.Attribute("email")));

The main difference from what you posted is that "names" and "emails" are stored as queries instead of arrays, so they can be lazy-evaluated.

       -Steve

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Answer 3

thank you Stephan !!! looks really nice.

Julian

Answer 4

ups sorry I did mistake in your name Steve :)