XmlNode.PreviousSibling Property (System.Xml)

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XmlNode.PreviousSibling Property

Gets the node immediately preceding this node.

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property PreviousSibling As XmlNode
	Get
C#
public virtual XmlNode PreviousSibling { get; }
Visual C++
public:
virtual property XmlNode^ PreviousSibling {
	XmlNode^ get ();
}
F#
abstract PreviousSibling : XmlNode
override PreviousSibling : XmlNode

Property Value

Type: System.Xml.XmlNode
The preceding XmlNode. If there is no preceding node, null is returned.
Examples

The following example displays all the books in the XML document.

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

public class Sample 

  public shared sub Main() 

      Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
      doc.Load("books.xml")

      Dim lastNode as XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement.LastChild
      Console.WriteLine("Last book...")
      Console.WriteLine(lastNode.OuterXml)

      Dim prevNode as XmlNode = lastNode.PreviousSibling
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.LF + "Previous book...")
      Console.WriteLine(prevNode.OuterXml)  
  end sub
end class


C#

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample {

  public static void Main() {

      XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
      doc.Load("books.xml");

      XmlNode lastNode = doc.DocumentElement.LastChild;
      Console.WriteLine("Last book...");
      Console.WriteLine(lastNode.OuterXml);

      XmlNode prevNode = lastNode.PreviousSibling;
      Console.WriteLine("\r\nPrevious book...");
      Console.WriteLine(prevNode.OuterXml);  
  }
}


Visual C++

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->Load( "books.xml" );
   XmlNode^ lastNode = doc->DocumentElement->LastChild;
   Console::WriteLine( "Last book..." );
   Console::WriteLine( lastNode->OuterXml );
   XmlNode^ prevNode = lastNode->PreviousSibling;
   Console::WriteLine( "\r\nPrevious book..." );
   Console::WriteLine( prevNode->OuterXml );
}



Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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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