C# LINQ to XML missing space character.
- by Fossaw
I write an XML file "by hand", (i.e. not with LINQ to XML), which sometimes includes an open/close tag containing a single space character. Upon viewing the resulting file, all appears correct, example below...
<Item>
<ItemNumber>3</ItemNumber>
<English> </English>
<Translation>Ignore this one. Do not remove.</Translation>
</Item>
... the reasons for doing this are various and irrelevent, it is done.
Later, I use a C# program with LINQ to XML to read the file back and extract the record...
XElement X_EnglishE = null; // This is CRAZY
foreach (XElement i in Records)
{
X_EnglishE = i.Element("English"); // There is only one damned record!
}
string X_English = X_EnglishE.ToString();
... and test to make sure it is unchanged from the database record. I detect a change, when processing Items where the field had the single space character...
+E+ Text[3] English source has been altered:
Was: >>> <<<
Now: >>><<<
... the and <<< parts I added to see what was happening, (hard to see space characters). I have fiddled around with this but can't see why this is so. It is not absolutely critical, as the field is not used, (yet), but I cannot trust C# or LINQ or whatever is doing this, if I do not understand why it is so. So what is doing that and why?
