XmlDocument SelectSingleNode of improperly formed XML

Question

I have a XmlDocument which is not properly formed

<library>
  <dept>
    <books></books>
    <language></language>
  </dept>
  <dept>
    <lecturer></lecturer>
  </dept>
</library>

I want to do a XmlDocument.SelectSingleNode for 'lecturer' tag.

When I select ChildNodes of <library> tag, I get only <books> and <language> but not <lecturer>. How do I get XmlNode object of tag?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '10 at 13:04

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The XML is well formed XML. It would not load into a XmlDocument otherwise.

The only ChildNodes of library are dept nodes.

To get lecturer, you can do the following:

XmlDocument.SelectSingleNode("library/dept/lecturer");

edited Apr 13 '10 at 13:04

Jeff Sternal

answered Apr 13 '10 at 12:44

Oded

Thanks Jeff. I missed one more tag in there. . How do I get to lecturer tag now? Thank you Sid – Null Head Apr 14 '10 at 06:17
@user315445 (Sid) - it doesn't change, as the `location` tag is in the same _level_ as `dept`. – Oded Apr 14 '10 at 06:41
Actually I had to parse a csproj file but I had problems in getting the PostBuildEvent tag. So, instead of using selectSingleNode, I used GetElementsByTagName(). And it solved my problem. Thanks for the answer Jeff else I would have spent more time on SelectSingleNode method. – Null Head Apr 14 '10 at 07:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 14 '10 at 07:02

0

To parse csproj file, use GetElementsByTagName(). I dont know why SelectSingleNode() is not working!

Thank you Sid

answered Apr 14 '10 at 07:02

Null Head

If this is a new question, you should add it as a new question. For info, with csproj the issue is usually that it is namespaced xml, which is... trickier. – Marc Gravell Apr 14 '10 at 12:05

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