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XAttribute Explicit Conversion (XAttribute to String)

Cast the value of this XAttribute to a String.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

Namespace:  System.Xml.Linq
Assembly:  System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
public static explicit operator string (
	XAttribute attribute
)

Parameters

attribute
Type: System.Xml.Linq.XAttribute

The XAttribute to cast to String.

Return Value

Type: System.String
A String that contains the content of this XAttribute.

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

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

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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