Convert string to variable name

Question

I have an XML file, I have a node and I read all ChildNodes. The name of the childNode match to a variable I have to set with the value of this childNode.

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Answer 1

If you are seeking to assign variables based on the names of nodes in XML, you have at least a couple options:

• Deserialize the XML structure into an object with corresponding member names
• Populate the variables using reflection
• Populate the variables using dynamic method calls/expression trees that know how to read the contents of the XML node into an object property.

All of these approaches suggest a more object-oriented approach to the problem then just populating a few variables, but it would be easy to create a lightweight structure with the appropriate members which is populated by reading the XML document.

You could also use a key-based collection (like a Dictionary) to store the values if you are just looking to build a simple name/value collection from the source XML.