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XAttribute Explicit Conversion (XAttribute^ to String^)

 
equivalentCodeEntityop_Explicit(XAttribute attribute)

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.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

This example produces the following output:


(string)att=attribute content

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 3.5
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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