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c#xmldocumentselectsinglenode

XmlDocument SelectSingleNode of improperly formed XML

I have a XmlDocument which is not properly formed

<library>
  <dept>
    <books></books>
    <language></language>
  </dept>
  <dept>
    <lecturer></lecturer>
  </dept>
</library>

I want to do a XmlDocument.SelectSingleNode for 'lecturer' tag.

When I select ChildNodes of <library> tag, I get only <books> and <language> but not <lecturer>. How do I get XmlNode object of tag?

Solution

  • The XML is well formed XML. It would not load into a XmlDocument otherwise.

    The only ChildNodes of library are dept nodes.

    To get lecturer, you can do the following:

    XmlDocument.SelectSingleNode("library/dept/lecturer");