string to xml csharp

Code Example - string to xml csharp

                
                        string test = "<body><head>test header</head></body>";

XmlDocument xmltest = new XmlDocument();
xmltest.LoadXml(test);

XmlNodeList elemlist = xmltest.GetElementsByTagName("head");

string result = elemlist[0].InnerXml; 

//result -> "test header"
                    
                
 

csharp parse string to xml

                        
                                /*
<Names>
    <Name>
        <FirstName>John</FirstName>
        <LastName>Smith</LastName>
    </Name>
    <Name>
        <FirstName>James</FirstName>
        <LastName>White</LastName>
    </Name>
</Names>
*/

XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.LoadXml(myXmlString); // suppose that myXmlString contains "<Names>...</Names>"

XmlNodeList xnList = xml.SelectNodes("/Names/Name");
foreach (XmlNode xn in xnList)
{
  string firstName = xn["FirstName"].InnerText;
  string lastName = xn["LastName"].InnerText;
  Console.WriteLine("Name: {0} {1}", firstName, lastName);
}
                            
                        
 

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