inserting elements to an existing node in XML using c#

[Sniipe]

I'm not sure if this is the best place to post, but perhaps you can help me.

I have an xml document which has a node/element (are they the same thing?) which is currently just <userinputs />.

I want add multiple elements to that element like so
<userinputs>
<input question="Name" answer="John" />
<input question="Age" answer="17" />
<input question="Sex" answer="Male" />
</userinputs>

I assume I have to do a foreach loop to get to the element userinputs then I have to do another loop for each item in the arraylist and at every itteration I must create a new element and add it to the userinputs element...

 

[onpnt]

use the insertafter method


pretty good tutorials here

http://www.functionx.com/csharp/xml/Lesson03b.htm

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[Sniipe]

BTW, the xml document looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<system>
<base>
<header>
...
</header>
<userinputs />
<power />
</base>
</system

So getting there is an issue for me at the moment.

this code won't work for me
foreach(XmlNode xNode in xDoc)
{
if(xNode.Name == "userinputs")
{//do stuff}
}

 

[OlafBogus]

This is just one way of doing it.

XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.LoadXml(/*your xml here*/);
XmlNode userInputsNode = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("system/base/userinputs");
foreach(/*your objecthere*/ in /*your ArrayList here*/)
{                
    XmlNode nodeToAdd = xmlDoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "input", string.Empty);
    XmlAttribute questionAttribute = xmlDoc.CreateAttribute("question");
    questionAttribute.Value = //In here goes the question string;
    nodeToAdd.Attributes.Append(questionAttribute);
    XmlAttribute answerAttribute = xmlDoc.CreateAttribute("answer");
    answerAttribute.Value = //In here goes the answer string;
    nodeToAdd.Attributes.Append(answerAttribute);
    userInputsNode.AppendChild(nodeToAdd);
}

O.B.