c# - How to get value of child node from XDocument

Question

I need to get value of child node from XDocument using linq

<root>
<Cust>
     <ACTNumber>1234</ACTNumber>
     <Address>
         <Street></Street>
         <City>123 Main street</City>
         <State>AL</State>
     </Address>
</Cust>
</root>

I tried this: xDocTest.Root.Elements("Cust").Elements("ACTNumber")

If I try Address instead of ACTNumber then it works. But its not giving the child node value.

Answer 1

If there's only one Cust element and only one ACTNumber element, then it's easy:

string actNumber = doc.Root.Element("Cust").Element("ACTNumber").Value;

Or to get it as a long:

long actNumber = (long) doc.Root.Element("Cust").Element("ACTNumber");