XAttribute Explicit Conversion (XAttribute to String)

The following example creates an attribute with string content. It then retrieves the value by casting to String.

XElement root = new XElement("Root",
    new XAttribute("Att", "attribute content")
);
XAttribute att = root.Attribute("Att");
string str = (string)att;
Console.WriteLine("(string)att={0}", str);

This example produces the following output:

(string)att=attribute content

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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