Gets the value of the attribute with the specified name.
using System; using System.IO; using System.Xml; public class Sample { public static void Main() { XmlTextReader reader = null; try { //Load the reader with the XML file. reader = new XmlTextReader("attrs.xml"); //Read the ISBN attribute. reader.MoveToContent(); string isbn = reader.GetAttribute("ISBN"); Console.WriteLine("The ISBN value: " + isbn); } finally { if (reader != null) reader.Close(); } } }