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Scott Klein

"Professional LINQ"

Wellington
WA
33414

In the following code, the first line identifies the element whose contents will be replaced, and the second
line employs the ReplaceWith() method to specify the replacement content:
XElement st = employee.Element("Employee").Element("State");
st.ReplaceWith(new XElement("State", "FL"));
Here??™s the resulting XML:

Scott

555 Main St.

Wellington
FL
33414

Notice that the value of the element has been changed from WA to FL.
What happens if you use the following code to replace an element value?
st.ReplaceWith("FL");
ReplaceWith()deletes the specified node and replaces it with the specified content:

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Chapter 5: Understanding LINQ to XML

555 Main St.

WellingtonFL

The element is deleted and simply replaced with the text FL and not a new node.

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