I have these tables:
<table>
<tbody>
<tr><th>Header 1</th></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Header 1</th>
<th>Header 2</th>
<th>Header 3</th>
<th>Header 4</th>
<th>Header 5</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>text 1</td>
<td>text 2</td>
<td>text 3</td>
<td>text 4</td>
<td>text 5</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
I am trying to transform into an array or List using this code:
var query = from table in doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//table").Cast<HtmlNode>()
from row in table.SelectNodes("tr").Cast<HtmlNode>()
from header in row.SelectNodes("th").Cast<HtmlNode>()
from cell in row.SelectNodes("td").Cast<HtmlNode>()
select new {
Table = table.Id,
Row = row.InnerText,
Header = header.InnerText,
CellText = cell.InnerText
};
But it doesn't work. What is wrong?
Some notes:
if i were you i would use a foreach and model my data, that way i get to have more control and efficiency, but if you still want to do it your way this is how it should be
var query = from table in doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//table")
where table.Descendants("tr").Count() > 1 //make sure there are rows other than header row
from row in table.SelectNodes(".//tr[position()>1]") //skip the header row
from cell in row.SelectNodes("./td")
from header in table.SelectNodes(".//tr[1]/th") //select the header row cells which is the first tr
select new
{
Table = table.Id,
Row = row.InnerText,
Header = header.InnerText,
CellText = cell.InnerText
};