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c#rssnodesxmldocument

Get the first 5 nodes from XmlDocument

I need help getting the first five nodes from feedSource

        XmlDocument feedSource = FeedSource;
        if (feedSource != null)
        {
            Rss.DataSource = feedSource.SelectNodes("//item")
            Rss.DataBind();
        }

I've seen in other examples that i should be able to use 

         Rss.DataSource = feedSource.SelectNodes("//item")[position() <= 5]
         Rss.DataBind();

but that doesn't work. Any help would be appreciated.

Solution

  • Try this

    Rss.DataSource = feedSource.SelectNodes("//item[position() <= 5]");

    That [] part belongs to the XPath query, not to the C# part.