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How do I include line breaks when using an XElement?

I have a web service that accepts XML data. Included in the data is an <address> tag whose data could contain a new line.

How do I include the new line? I tried using the HTML line break tag <br />, but this was removed when accessing the XElement's Value property, leaving me with the address on a single line. I also tried using real lines breaks, but that caused problems parsing the XML.

Anyone any suggestions?

Solution

  • Simply use \n while adding content

    XElement XEleEmp = new XElement("Employee");
XElement XEleAdd = new XElement("Address", "Plot No. 123 \nXYZ Villa \nRoad No. 321\n");
XEleEmp.Add(XEleAdd);

    XML:

    <Employee>
  <Address>Plot No. 123
XYZ Villa
Road No. 321
</Address>
</Employee>