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Value Property

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When overridden in a derived class, gets the text value of the current node.

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Value As String

public virtual string Value { get; }

public:
virtual property String^ Value {
    String^ get ();
}

abstract Value : string with get
override Value : string with get

function get Value () : String

Property Value

Type: System. . :: . .String
The value returned depends on the NodeType of the node. The following table lists node types that have a value to return. All other node types return String.Empty.

Node type

Value

Attribute

The value of the attribute.

CDATA

The content of the CDATA section.

Comment

The content of the comment.

DocumentType

The internal subset.

ProcessingInstruction

The entire content, excluding the target.

SignificantWhitespace

The white space between markup in a mixed content model.

Text

The content of the text node.

Whitespace

The white space between markup.

XmlDeclaration

The content of the declaration.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

XmlReader Class

System.Xml Namespace