<Persons> <Person> <PersonId>1</PersonId> <PersonName>Mark</PersonName> </Person> <Person> <PersonId>2</PersonId> <PersonName>Matt</PersonName> </Person> </Persons>You can use the following code:
string returnValue = string.Empty; XDocument ds = XDocument.Load("MyXml.xml"); var people = ds.Element("Persons").Elements("Person"); foreach (var singlePerson in people) { returnValue += singlePerson.Element("PersonName").Value + "\r\n"; } Console.WriteLine(returnValue);The result will be:
Mark
Matt
More Info: MSDN: XContainer.Elements Method