Read Data from XML File Using C#

Sample XML File

[sourcecode language="xml"]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<PatientInfo>

<Patient id=”1”>

<app-no>03</app-no>

<fname>Brian</fname>

<lname>Marsh</lname>

<docId>03</docId>

</Patient>

<Patient id=”2”>>

<app-no>02</app-no>

<fname>Bron</fname>

<lname>Marini</lname>

<docId>01</docId>

</Patient>

</PatientInfo>

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The Code

[sourcecode language="csharp"]
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

doc.Load("files/sampleXML.xml");

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XmlNodeList patientList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("Patient ");

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foreach (XmlNode node in patientList)

{

XmlElement patientElement = (XmlElement) node;

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string first_name = patientElement.GetElementsByTagName("fname")[0].InnerText;

string last_name = patientElement.GetElementsByTagName("lname")[0].InnerText;

string patient_id = "";

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if (patientElement.HasAttributes)

{

patient_id  = patientElement.Attributes["id"].InnerText;

}

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Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})  {2}\n", first_name, last_name, patient_id);

}

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