Another xml example

using System; using System.Xml; class Program { static void Main() { // Create an XML reader for this file. using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("perls.xml")) { while (reader.Read()) { // Only detect start elements. if (reader.IsStartElement()) { // Get element name and switch on it. switch (reader.Name) { case "perls": // Detect this element. Console.WriteLine("Start <perls> element."); break; case "article": // Detect this article element. Console.WriteLine("Start <article> element."); // Search for the attribute name on this current node. string attribute = reader["name"]; if (attribute != null) { Console.WriteLine(" Has attribute name: " + attribute); } // Next read will contain text. if (reader.Read()) { Console.WriteLine(" Text node: " + reader.Value.Trim()); } break; } } } } } } Input text: perls.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <perls> <article name="backgroundworker"> Example text. </article> <article name="threadpool"> More text. </article> <article></article> <article>Final text.</article> </perls>