i have an xml for example:
<xml>
<data>
<var>xxx</var>
</data>
<tip>
<tips active="1">345</tips>
<tips active="1">retertert</tips>
<tips active="1">fdgdfg</tips>
<tips active="0">ert435345</tips>
<tips active="1">fdgdf</tips>
<tips active="1">dfgdfg</tips>
<tips active="0">gdfgdfg</tips>
<tips active="1">dfgdfg</tips>
<tips active="1">dfgdfg</tips>
</tip>
</xml>

and i want to get only the nodes that active="1" and get from then a radnom 
one (to get actually its text() )
how can i do this?
thnaks in advance
peleg

On Aug 1, 12:22 am, pelegk1  wrote:

> i have an xml for example:
> <xml>
> <data>
> <var>xxx</var>
> </data>
> <tip>
> <tips active="1">345</tips>
> <tips active="1">retertert</tips>
> <tips active="1">fdgdfg</tips>
> <tips active="0">ert435345</tips>
> <tips active="1">fdgdf</tips>
> <tips active="1">dfgdfg</tips>
> <tips active="0">gdfgdfg</tips>
> <tips active="1">dfgdfg</tips>
> <tips active="1">dfgdfg</tips>
> </tip>
> </xml>
>
> and i want to get only the nodes that active="1" and get from then a radnom
> one (to get actually its text() )
> how can i do this?
> thnaks in advance
> peleg


Try this

XmlNodeList nodes = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("//tip/tips[@active='1']");

Random r = new Random();
int x = r.Next(0, nodes.Count);
int i = 0;

foreach(XmlNode node in nodes) {
  if (i == x) {
  	here's your code
  	...
  	return;

  } else {
  	x++;
  }
}