Csharp/C Sharp/XML LINQ/Remove

Deleting a Sequence of Nodes with Remove

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Linq; public class MainClass {

   public static void Main() {
       XDocument xDocument = new XDocument(
         new XElement("Books",
           new XElement("Book",
             new XAttribute("type", "Author"),
             new XElement("FirstName", "J"),
             new XElement("LastName", "R")),
           new XElement("Book",
             new XAttribute("type", "Author"),
             new XElement("FirstName", "E"),
             new XElement("LastName", "B"))));
       xDocument.Descendants().Where(e => e.Name == "FirstName").Remove();
       Console.WriteLine(xDocument);
   }

}

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Deleting a Specific Node with Remove

<source lang="csharp"> using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Linq; public class MainClass {

   public static void Main() {
       XElement firstParticipant;
       XDocument xDocument = new XDocument(
         new XElement("Books", firstParticipant =
           new XElement("Book",
             new XAttribute("type", "Author"),
             new XElement("FirstName", "A"),
             new XElement("LastName", "B")),
           new XElement("Book",
             new XAttribute("type", "Author"),
             new XElement("FirstName", "C"),
             new XElement("LastName", "D"))));
       Console.WriteLine(xDocument);
       firstParticipant.Remove();
       Console.WriteLine(xDocument);
   }

}

</source>