Count Total Number of XmlNodes in C#

Question

I\'m trying to find a way to get the total number of child nodes from an XmlNode recursively.

That it is to say I want to count all the children, grand children etc.

Answer 1

I think this will do it for you though not through xPath:

void CountNode(XmlNode node, ref int count)
{
    count += node.ChildNodes.Count;

    foreach (XmlNode child in node.ChildNodes)
    {
        CountNode(child, ref count);
    }
}

For reference here is a link to the count function in xpath.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms256103.aspx

so if you were looking for all the same type of nodes you could do

//Your_node

to select all the nodes

//*