Get XElement Value

Question

I have an XElement object which I would like to get its value as string.

However, the ToString() method returns the xml tree with /r/n and spaces which I woild like to ignore.

Is there an attribute of XElement which retrieves the XML tree as string without unnecessary adding?

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb155263%28v=vs.110%29.aspx. — Mihai8, May 29 '14 at 11:31
@user1929959, it does give a string but not the one I want. I want to get a string which appropriate to the xml tree structure. — user3165438, May 29 '14 at 11:33
In this use method described in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb468714%28v=vs.110%29.aspx — Mihai8, May 29 '14 at 11:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 29 '14 at 11:35

var xml = XElement.Parse("<a><b></b><c><d></d></c></a>");

Console.WriteLine(xml.ToString(SaveOptions.DisableFormatting));

prints:

<a><b></b><c><d></d></c></a>

While just calling ToString() will indeed produce formatted result

Console.WriteLine(xml.ToString());

prints:

<a>
  <b></b>
  <c>
    <d></d>
  </c>
</a>

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '14 at 11:38

-1

You can use XElement.InnerXml statement.

answered May 29 '14 at 11:38

Dhananjay Patil

I have no InnerXml as one of the XElement attributes. This attribute is a node's attribute. – user3165438 May 29 '14 at 11:39

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