Need help with an xPath question

[Grapes R Fun]

Hi Guys, I am not that good with xPath, so please don't laugh at my question :-) Trying to query an XmlNode to find a given element's parent's attribute... For example: Mike Rose Basically, I'm trying to find the name of "Mike's" parent (Mom). If you can help me out, thank you so much... thousand kisses to you! Grapes

[George L Jackson]

You use parent::node():

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Xml;
 
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
String^ xmlString =
"<root>"
" <parent name=\"Mom\">"
" <kid>Mike</kid>"
" <kid>Rose</kid>"
" </parent>"
"</root>";
 
XmlDocument^ xmlDoc = gcnew XmlDocument;
xmlDoc->LoadXml(xmlString);
 
XmlNodeList^ children = xmlDoc->SelectNodes("/root/parent/kid");
 
for each (XmlNode^ child in children)
{
//XmlNode^ parent = child->ParentNode;
 
XmlNode^ parent = child->SelectSingleNode("parent::node()");
 
if (parent != nullptr)
{
Console::WriteLine("{0}'s parent is good old {1}.", child->InnerText,
parent->Attributes->GetNamedItem("name")->Value);
}
 
}
 
return 0;
}

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[Grapes R Fun]

Thanks alot George!!

Grapes