A simple example that allows you to read data from an xml document using C# and LINQ

Suppose you have a file like this:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="books.xsl" ?>
<books>
	<book>
		<title>Programming in XML</title>
		<author>Marc Vince</author>
		<pages>348</pages>
		<category>Programming</category>
	</book>
	<book>
		<title>Programming in C#</title>
		<author>Loren Gallipyos</author>
		<pages>234</pages>
		<category>Programming</category>
	</book>
	<book>
		<title>Android</title>
		<author>Norman Bert</author>
		<pages>419</pages>
		<category>Operating Systems</category>
	</book>
	<book>
		<title>Linux</title>
		<author>Hurth Francy</author>
		<pages>294</pages>
		<category>Operating Systems</category>
	</book>
	<book>
		<title>WordPress</title>
		<author>Milena Zarch</author>
		<pages>364</pages>
		<category>CMS</category>
	</book>
	<book>
		<title>Joomla!</title>
		<author>Denise Patrics</author>
		<pages>163</pages>
		<category>CMS</category>
	</book>
	<book>
		<title>jQuery</title>
		<author>Teresa Curtis</author>
		<pages>349</pages>
		<category>Programming</category>
	</book>
</books>

Code:

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace ConsoleApplications
{
    class TestLinqInCSharp
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            XElement books = XElement.Load(@"books.xml", LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace);
 
            var booksQuery = 
                from book in books.Elements()
                select book;

            foreach (string n in booksQuery)
            Console.WriteLine("{0}",n);
        }
    }
}

Result:

Programming in XML
Marc Vince
348
Programming

Programming in C#
Loren Gallipyos
234
Programming

Android
Norman Bert
419
Operating Systems

Linux
Hurth Francy
294
Operating Systems

WordPress
Milena Zarch
364
CMS

Joomla!
Denise Patrics
163
CMS

jQuery
Teresa Curtis
349
Programming