XText.Value Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Linq

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, 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