XmlNode attribute - probably quite an easy one this 1

seantuk · Sep 1, 2005

i have this xml

Code:

<html id="sample">
some <i>text</i>
</html>

and i want to read the value of id. i thought this would do it, but it doesn't

Code:

XmlDocument contentFile = new XmlDocument();
			contentFile.Load(Server.MapPath("Index.xml"));

foreach(XmlNode node in contentFile.ChildNodes)
{
  //Console.WriteLine(node.InnerXml);
  Console.WriteLine(node.Attributes["id"]);
}

the statement line is the code i wrote to make sure i had the node the right node. the foreach is for later

how to i get the value of the id attribute?

mj616 · Sep 1, 2005

Are you receiving an error or just not getting the proper val?

mj616 · Sep 1, 2005

Try,
Console.WriteLine(node.Attributes.Item(0).InnerText);

seantuk · Sep 2, 2005

Item(0) is set to null.

i really need a way of referencing it by its name though

mj616 · Sep 2, 2005

try

Code:

XmlNodeList nodeList = contentFile.GetElementsByTagName("html");
foreach(XmlNode node in contentFile.ChildNodes)
{
Console.WriteLine(node.Attributes["id"].InnerText); //will give you the value.
}

seantuk · Sep 2, 2005

i just found another solution a before lunch (which just finnished a few minutes ago in my country), but frankly if your solution works (it looks good), then i'd rather use that, so probably will next time.

i ended up using XmlTextReader, and basicly coming up with a whole new solution (which i don't actyually like). i assume theres also an innerXML property, or similar, that won't drop my '<i>' tags (etc).

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