Read XML Attribute using XmlDocument

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Alex picture Alex · Jun 1, 2009 · Viewed 312.1k times · Source

How can I read an XML attribute using C#'s XmlDocument?

I have an XML file which looks somewhat like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<MyConfiguration xmlns="http://tempuri.org/myOwnSchema.xsd" SuperNumber="1" SuperString="whipcream">
    <Other stuff />
</MyConfiguration>

How would I read the XML attributes SuperNumber and SuperString?

Currently I'm using XmlDocument, and I get the values in between using XmlDocument's GetElementsByTagName() and that works really well. I just can't figure out how to get the attributes?

Answer

Arsen Mkrtchyan picture Arsen Mkrtchyan · Jun 1, 2009 
XmlNodeList elemList = doc.GetElementsByTagName(...);
for (int i = 0; i < elemList.Count; i++)
{
    string attrVal = elemList[i].Attributes["SuperString"].Value;
}

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