How to remove whitespace from an XmlDocument

Question

I have an xml document from which i want to remove white spaces and cartridge returns. how can i get the modified xml using c#

Answer 1

To remove white spaces between the tags:

# Regex regex = new Regex(@">\s*<");  
# string cleanedXml = regex.Replace(dirtyXml, "><");

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Answer 2

Set the preserveWhitespace flag to false:

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.preserveWhitespace = false;
doc.load("foo.xml");
// doc.InnerXml contains no spaces or returns