XML node elements with Hyphens 1

[Dashley]

I'm consuming a webservice into an XMLdocument using a namespacemanager. (ASP.net VB, VS 2008). Well this webservice has dashes(or hyphens) in the XML nodes.
There are 1 to 5 possible weight amounts I need to itterate through. Problem is I can't declare (Dim) a value with a "-" in it. Can someone point me in the right direction.

Thanks

<weight-amount>400.0</weight-amount>

Dim nodelist As XmlNodeList
Dim root As XmlElement = xmldoc.DocumentElement

nodelist = root.SelectNodes("/customer-rate-response/rate-items/weight-amount", mgr)
            
Dim weight-amount As XmlNode  '** End of statement Error

for each weight-amount in Nodelist

 

[tsuji]

There is no bearing between xml document's node name and varaible name used in vb or any other application, in general, parsing it. Nothing forces on the vb variable be named "weight-amount", nothing.

 

[Dashley]

Thanks Tsuji.

It's a practice I've always done and when it didn't work this time I went out searching for ways to remove or replace the hyphens.

Its working fine now.
Thanks again

Dim nodelist As XmlNodeList
Dim root As XmlElement = xmldoc.DocumentElement
Dim weighcalc As Int32 = 0
Dim weightamount As XmlNode

nodelist = root.SelectNodes("/customer-rate-response/rate-items/weight-amount", mgr)

 For Each weightamount In nodelist

   weighcalc = (weighcalc + weightamount.InnerText)

 Next

FXFE_RTNDATA.weightamountstr = Convert.ToString(weighcalc)