XContainer.FirstNode Property
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Get the first child node of this node.
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Xml.Linq.XNodeAn XNode containing the first child node of the XContainer.
The following example creates an element that contains child elements. It then gets the first child node of the parent element.
Dim output As New StringBuilder Dim xmlTree As XElement = _ <Root> <Child1>1</Child1> <Child2>2</Child2> <Child3>3</Child3> <Child4>4</Child4> <Child5>5</Child5> </Root> Dim firstNode As XNode = xmlTree.FirstNode output.Append(firstNode) output.Append(Environment.NewLine) OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()
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