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    copied!<p>I am a C# programmer, so I don't get to take advantage of the cool XML syntax in VB.</p> <pre><code>Dim itemList1 = From item In rss.&lt;rss&gt;.&lt;channel&gt;.&lt;item&gt; _ Where item.&lt;description&gt;.Value.Contains("LINQ") Or _ item.&lt;title&gt;.Value.Contains("LINQ") </code></pre> <p>Using C#, I find <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPath" rel="nofollow noreferrer">XPath</a> to be easier to think about, easier to code, easier to understand, than performing a multi-nested select using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_Integrated_Query#LINQ_to_XML" rel="nofollow noreferrer">LINQ to XML</a>. Look at this syntax, it looks like Greek swearing: </p> <pre><code>var waypoints = from waypoint in gpxDoc.Descendants(gpx + "wpt") select new { Latitude = waypoint.Attribute("lat").Value, Longitude = waypoint.Attribute("lon").Value, Elevation = waypoint.Element(gpx + "ele") != null ? waypoint.Element(gpx + "ele").Value : null, Name = waypoint.Element(gpx + "name") != null ? waypoint.Element(gpx + "name").Value : null, Dt = waypoint.Element(gpx + "cmt") != null ? waypoint.Element(gpx + "cmt").Value : null }; </code></pre> <p>All the casting, the heavy syntax, the possibility for NullPointerExceptions. None of this happens with XPath. </p> <p>I like LINQ in general, and I use it on object collections and databases, but my first go-round with querying XML led me right back to XPath. </p> <p>Is it just me? </p> <p>Am I missing something? </p> <hr> <p><strong>EDIT</strong>: someone voted to close this as "not a real question". But it <em>is</em> a real question, stated clearly. The question is: <em>Am I misunderstanding something with LINQ to XML?</em></p>
 

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