XML - attributes and values

Question

Hello I have an XmlNodeList with attributes and and text values. I am looking for a way to create a function that can return a value from reading a nodelist by specifiying the attribute name. For example string a = FieldByName(acct) would result in 12345 being returned. 12345 ACME Inc Dallas TX Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Administrator · Answer

A more direct way (if possible for you) is to start with an XmlDataDocument objDD and go straight to the node via: XmlNode objNode = objDD[valA][valB][valC]...and so on. The advantage of this is that it avoids having to iterate over the entire nodelist which can be a pain if: a) its big b) you are after the last element in the list c) you have the same element name repeated in the list Cheers

Administrator · Answer

Thanks

Administrator · Answer

Hi As you said you have an XmlNodeList iterate the nodelistsince each node in the NodeList is and instance of XMLNode object. It will have nameand the message you entered as properties so what you can do is check the name property for the input you have give from the function if matches return the Text property of the node and stop iterating. Regards edward