How to Read a specific element value from XElement in LINQ to XML

c#-4.0, linq-to-xml, xelement

Solution

XElement response = XElement.Load("file.xml"); // XElement.Parse(stringWithXmlGoesHere)
XNamespace df = response.Name.Namespace;
XElement status = response.Element(df + "Status");

should suffice to access the `Status` child element. If you want the value of that element as a string then do e.g.

string status = (string)response.Element(df + "Status");

Problem

I have an `XElement` which has content like this. ``` <Response xmlns="someurl" xmlnsLi="thew3url"> <ErrorCode></ErrorCode> <Status>Success</Status> <Result> <Manufacturer> <ManufacturerID>46</ManufacturerID> <ManufacturerName>APPLE</ManufacturerName> </Manufacturer> //More Manufacturer Elements like above here </Result> </Response> ``` How will i read the Value inside `Status` element ? I tried `XElement stats = myXel.Descendants("Status").SingleOrDefault();` But that is returning null.

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