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from the given Xml document,I want to iterate all <blist:books> elements.
(i.e) How to i handle the namespace ?
i tried
XNamespace blist = XNamespace.Get("http://www.wrox.com/books/xml");
XElement element = XElement.Load("Books.xml");
IEnumerable<XElement> titleElement =
from el in element.Elements(blist + "books") select el;
but the enumeration (titleElement) does not return any result.
You have two different problems here.
Elements method, which returns the direct child elements of the element you call it on. Since the <html> element has no direct <blist:books> child elements, you aren't getting any results.books, not Books.Also, there's no point in writing from el in whatever select el. Unless you put addition logic (such as a where or orderby clause, or a non-trivial select), you should just write whatever.
Therefore, you need to replace your LINQ query with the following:
IEnumerable<XElement> titleElement = element.Descendants(blist + "books");