Parse single XML statement in string

Question

I ahve experience serializing/deserializing XML files but I have never had to parse just a single statement, so I'm not sure how to go about this.

I have a string that holds this:

<Vol Model_Type="Flat">102.14</Vol>

And, I want to extract just the 102.14.

Should I use XPath, or is there a simpler option?

Jon Skeet · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-10 16:23:38Z

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If you're using .NET 3.5 or above, use LINQ to XML. For example:

string x = "<Vol Model_Type=\"Flat\">102.14</Vol>";
XElement element = XElement.Parse(x);
decimal value = (decimal) element;

XML handling doesn't get much simpler than that :)

Of course, that's assuming you don't care about the element name or the attribute. If you do, LINQ to XML will still make it easy for you.

answered Feb 10, 2011 at 16:23

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Ayush Over a year ago

Seems like just the thing I was looking for. I have using .NET 4.0. However, XElement does not seem to have the Parse property. I added System.Linq namespace. Anyways, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Jon Skeet Over a year ago

@xbonez: You need the System.Xml.Linq namespace, and XElement most definitely does have a Parse method: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…

Ayush Over a year ago

Strange. I added references to System.Xml and System.Xml.Linq and added the two namespaces, and get I get an error stating System.Xml.XmlElement' does not contain a definition for 'Parse'

Ayush Over a year ago

Geez....nevermind. Intellisense autocorrected it to XmlElement instead of XElement. Works now. Thank you.

Dan Pichelman · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-12 13:21:06Z

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string x = "<Vol Model_Type=\"Flat\">102.14</Vol>";
XElement element = XElement.Parse(x);
decimal value=element.Value.Tostring();

edited Mar 12, 2013 at 13:21

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answered Mar 12, 2013 at 12:56

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