How can we read XML file , line by line ?

Mohammad Dayyan

Hi all. I have a XML file. something like this :

I want to read this file, line by line and LINQ. Can you help me?

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Judah Gabriel Himango

If all you want is to investigate the lines, and you don't want to modify the XML or parse individual fields out of it, you can do it like this, no LINQ required.

var lines = File.ReadAllLines("pathToMyXMLFile.xml");

If you need to investigate individual fields or change data in the XML, I recommend looking at the XDocument[^] class. This LINQ to XML overview[^] can get you started with writing LINQ queries against XML documents.

Mohammad Dayyan

Thank you very much Judah . But How we can convert XML's characters (like these: ) to the original characters.

Judah Gabriel Himango

Have a look at SecurityElement.Escape[^] method. Since you want to be working with the decoded XML special characters in the values of the XML, you might as well just use an XDoc. Here's how you can get elements in the XML by string, with the decoded special characters:

var doc = XDocument.Parse( YOUR XML GOES HERE );
var decodedElements = from element in doc.Elements()
select element.ToString();

Alternately, and I don't know if this covers all your bases, you could look at System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlDecode.

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