get line number for XElement here

Question

XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(file);
IEnumerable categories = xdoc.Descendants(\"Category\");
foreach (XElement category in categories)
{
    //get         


        

Answer 1

XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(file, LoadOptions.SetLineInfo);
IEnumerable categories = xdoc.Descendants("Category");
foreach (XElement category in categories)
{
    //get line number for element here...
    string lineNumber = ((IXmlLineInfo)category).HasLineInfo() ? ((IXmlLineInfo)category).LineNumber : -1;
}