Adding elements to an xml file in C#

Question

I have an XML file formatted like this:

  
    
      testcode1
    
  &l         


        

Answer 1

You need to create a new XAttribute instead of XElement. Try something like this:

public static void Test()
{
    var xdoc = XDocument.Parse(@"
        

          
            
              testcode1
            
          

          
                  
             testcode2
            
          

        ");

    xdoc.Root.Add(
        new XElement("Snippet",
            new XAttribute("name", "name goes here"),
            new XElement("SnippetCode", "SnippetCode"))
    );
    xdoc.Save(@"C:\TEMP\FOO.XML");
}

This generates the output:

  
    
      testcode1
    
  
  
          
     testcode2
    
  
  
    SnippetCode