How to create a list from simple xml file?

Question

this is the xml

<Basic>
  <Results>
    <Result>a1</Result>
    <Result>a2</Result>
    <Result>a3</Result>
  </Results>
</Basic>

I need to read this xml file and create a list that will contain

list[0] = a1   
list[1] = a2   
list[2] = a3

what is the simple and fast way to do it ?

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/956749/how-can-i-transform-xml-into-a-liststring-or-string — Jonathan Michalik, Aug 29 '15 at 15:54

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '15 at 15:54

4

You can use LinqToXml

var list = XDocument.Load(filename)
           .Descendants("Result")
           .Select(x => (string)x)
           .ToList();

answered Aug 29 '15 at 15:54

Eser

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '15 at 15:53

1

With an XML reader and a codec to convert the DOM tree to a list.

answered Aug 29 '15 at 15:53

iAdjunct

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