How do I parse text from complex type xml in c# using XDocument? -

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <meta>     <field type="xs-string" name="assetid">tf00000002</field>     <field type="xs-string" name="title">titleofasset</field> </meta> 

i have xml loaded in xdocument using function

xdocument doc = xdocument.parse(xmldata) 

however, want able retrieve text fields "tf00000002" , "titleofasset" ... how go doing this?

templatemetadata.assetid = doc     .descendants()     .where(p => p.name.localname == "assetid")     .tostring(); 

returns:

 system.linq.enumerable+whereenumerableiterator`1[system.xml.linq.xelement]  

can shine light on this?

in query, calling tostring on ienumerable<xelement> never give expected result, instead field elements under root , value:

var values = doc.root            .elements("field")            .select(element => (string)element); 

if want access values using name attribute can use dictionary:

var values = doc.root            .elements("field")            .todictionary(x => (string)x.attribute("name"), x => (string)x); 

then can access value of assetid:

var id = values["assetid"];