Get specific data from XML document

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Hello,

I have xml document like this:

<level1>
<level2>
<level3>
<attribute1>
<attribute2>
<attribute3>
</level3>
<level3>
<attribute1>
<attribute2>
<attribute3>
</level3>
</level2>
<level2>
<level3>
<attribute1>
...
...
...

I'm using c#, and I want to go thru all "level3", and for every "level3", i want to read attribute2, and if it says "true", i want to print the corresponding attribute3 (can be "level3" without these attributes).

I keep the xml in XmlDocument.
Then I keep all the "level3" nodes like this:
XmlNodeList xnList = document.SelectNodes(String.Format("/level1/level2/level3"));

(document is the XmlDocument).

But from now on, I don't know exactly how to continue. I tried going thru xnList with for..each, but nothing works fine for me..

Thanks a lot

Posted 10-Oct-11 7:33am

user_code

Updated 10-Oct-11 8:51am

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André Kraak · Answer 1 · 2011-10-10T07:57:00

Solution 1

Try:

C#

XmlNodeList xnList = document.SelectNodes("/level1/level2/level3/*[self::attribute1 or self::attribute2 or self::attribute3]");

This should give you a list of all attribute nodes.

Posted 10-Oct-11 7:57am

André Kraak

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Oct-11 17:52pm

It would make sense if it was XML, but it is not -- please see my answer.
--SA

user_code 11-Oct-11 2:26am

Thanks Adnre, works fine!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2011-10-10T11:52:00

Solution 2

No, you don't have XML "document like this". What you show in your question is not an XML code, this is something not well-formed so it won't parse at all. If you want to ask about parsing some text which has a structure resembling XML, explain this format and ask your question about it, but don't ask a question about XML — there is no such thing in your question.

—SA

Posted 10-Oct-11 11:52am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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user_code 11-Oct-11 2:25am

This is XML. It just without spaces (but still works) and I just show the structure of the file, as you can see, the XML file is not ended. If you want to help, so help. If you can't understand the structure of the XML file I wrote, it's your own problem.