How do I clone a xml element using Linq to Xml

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I would like to clone a Xml element, insert it to the end of the element list and save the document. Could someone explain how it is done in linq to xml Xml ``` ``` Context think of the xml element Folder as Virtual folder on disk. I would like to copy the folder Rock into music hence the resulting xml should become as below Result Required ``` ``` Operations to be carried out - Clone the source node ( Done #1) - Clone the other nodes inside source node ( Don't know how to do it #2) - Generate new ID for the nodes inside #2 and change pathvalue ( I know how to do this) - Insert th…

Accepted Answer

You know about the constructor that takes another XElement to create a copy of it, have you tried this?

```
var copiedChildren = from folder in _xmlDataSource.Descendants("Folders").Descendants("Folder") 
                     where folder.Attribute("PathValue").Value.Contains(sourcePathValue) 
                     select new XElement(folder);
```

as you have already cloned `source`, you can insert those into that node (assuming they should be children of the copied node)

How do I clone a xml element using Linq to Xml

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