How to create multiple XElements from html string in c#

Question

I am creating an XML object in c# and have html strings that I would like to parse into XElements in order to insert them, however I do not want to have to wrap them in a parent element as they are intended to be inserted into one already.

Html:

<p>Hello world</p><br /><p>Second <b>Line</b></p>

Intended Xml:

<p>Hello world</p>
<br />
<p>Second <b>Line</b></p>

At the moment the only way I can do this is if I use code below, however I don't want the outer tag

XElement.Parse("<parenttag>" + html + "</parenttag>")

NB. These elements will be inserted into a parent element to form correct xml, my intended output for this html string is an array of xml elements ( ie 2 p elements and a br)

If you are going to downvote please provide some context, I am unaware of what is wrong with this question.. is it against rules of xml? — user4079725
– user4079725, Commented Jul 22, 2015 at 10:57

Ash Burlaczenko · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-22 11:05:31Z

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Once you've parse the string successfully by wrapping in an outer tag you should call .Elements() which will return the children on the element.

var html = "<p>Hello world</p><br /><p>Second <b>Line</b></p>";
var root = XElement.Parse("<parenttag>" + html + "</parenttag>")
var children = root.Elements();
// children.Count() == 3

answered Jul 22, 2015 at 11:05

Ash Burlaczenko

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user4079725 Over a year ago

Cheers this worked. For some reason completely avoided checking the properties of the root element, thanks.

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