XText.Value Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Linq

Assembly:

System.Xml.XDocument.dll

Source:

XText.cs

Gets or sets the value of this node.

public:
 property System::String ^ Value { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string Value { get; set; }

member this.Value : string with get, set

Public Property Value As String

Property Value

String

A String that contains the value of this node.

Examples

The following example shows getting and setting this property.

XElement root = new XElement("Root", "Some text");  
XText txtNode = root.Nodes().OfType<XText>().First();  
Console.WriteLine(txtNode.Value);  
txtNode.Value = "New text";  
Console.WriteLine(txtNode.Value);  

root.Value = "Newer text";  
txtNode = root.Nodes().OfType<XText>().First();  
Console.WriteLine(txtNode.Value);  

Dim root As XElement = <Root>Some text</Root>  
Dim txtNode As XText = root.Nodes().OfType(Of XText).First()  
Console.WriteLine(txtNode.Value)  
txtNode.Value = "New text"  
Console.WriteLine(txtNode.Value)  

root.Value = "Newer text"  
txtNode = root.Nodes().OfType(Of XText).First()  
Console.WriteLine(txtNode.Value)  

This example produces the following output:

Some text  
New text  
Newer text  

Remarks

Setting this property will raise the Changed and the Changing events.

See also

• LINQ to XML overview