XmlTextReader.GetAttribute Method (String)

C#

using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Xml;



public class Sample

{

 public static void Main()

 {

   XmlTextReader reader = null;



   try



   {

      //Load the reader with the XML file.

      reader = new XmlTextReader("attrs.xml");



      //Read the ISBN attribute.

      reader.MoveToContent();

      string isbn = reader.GetAttribute("ISBN");

      Console.WriteLine("The ISBN value: " + isbn);



    }

    finally

    {

       if (reader != null)

         reader.Close();

     }

 }



} // End class

The example uses the file, attrs.xml, as input.

<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78' pubdate='1987'>

</book>



ref : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3c932kx5.aspx