c# Reading XML with XElement

Question

When I run the following code and step through it with a break point and look at temp I see "Empty, Enumeration yielded no results" and the MessageBox.Show never fires. I'm trying to pull everything under Season no="1"

XElement sitemap = XElement.Load(@"http://services.tvrage.com/feeds/episode_list.php?sid=" + this.showID);
IEnumerable<XElement> temp = from el in sitemap.Elements("Season")
                                         where (string)el.Attribute("no") == "1"
                                         select el;
foreach (XElement el in temp)
{
    MessageBox.Show("found something");
}

This is the XML that's being loaded: http://services.tvrage.com/feeds/episode_list.php?sid=6312

I didn't check thoroughly, but I think `sitemap.Descendants("Season")` would do the trick. — Conrad Clark, Mar 23 '15 at 13:55

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 23 '15 at 13:55

You're looking for elements called Season directly under the root element... whereas your XML looks like this:

<Show>
  <name>The X-Files</name>
  <totalseasons>9</totalseasons>
  <Episodelist>
    <Season no="1">
      <episode>
      ...

If you want to look for all descendant elements with a given name, use Descendants instead of Elements. That certainly finds elements in the example XML you've given.

c# Reading XML with XElement

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