how to display parent node attribute name in xmlDocument

[tookerello]

hi, im trying to display the attribute name of the parent node once the input matches a town name:

my xml is:

<phonebook>
  <area code="022">
    <town>mallow</town>
  </area>
  <area code="023">
    <town>bandon</town>
    <town>bray</town>     
  </area>
  <area code="024">
    <town>youghal</town>    
  </area>
  <area code="025">
    <town>fermoy</town>    
  </area>
</phonebook>
 

and the method is:

 private void btnGetNum_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
 XmlNodeList towns = doc.GetElementsByTagName("town");
   foreach (XmlNode town in towns)
   {
      if (txtInput.Text.Equals(town.ChildNodes[0].Value))
      {
       lstResult.Items.Add("area code is" +  ??????????);
   }
}
 

</phonebook>

[GaryTexmo]

An XmlNode object has a parent node. You should be able to get the parent node of the town, then parse the attributes present in the XmlAttributes property.

Give that a try and let me know how it works out :)

[tookerello]

the solution is to use town.ParentNode .Attributes["code"].Value