Parsing an XML Document in C#

Question

I'm using an xmlreader to parse a valid xml file. I start reading and have an if statement like so:

if (reader.IsStartElement())
{
     // Code needed here

How do I grab just the name of that start element?

Why use XmlReader? And I suggest you look at the "Related questions" on the right. And this is not ASP Classic. — John Saunders
– John Saunders, Commented Aug 22, 2013 at 0:48

drwatsoncode · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-28 18:07:07Z

1

You can just check the value of reader.Name

if (reader.IsStartElement())
{
     if (reader.Name == "settings")
     {
          //do stuff

But as the others suggested, you might want to read more documentation about XmlReader, and perhaps even think about simply parsing the full xml document with XDocument etc.

edited Aug 28, 2013 at 18:07

answered Aug 22, 2013 at 1:35

drwatsoncode

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Joon Hong Over a year ago

I think there's typo. reader.Name = "settings" should be changed to ==

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