Cast attribute value to nullable integer : XML Attribute « XML « VB.Net
Cast attribute value to nullable integer
Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim root As XElement = <Root Att1="attribute 1 content" Att2="2"/>
Dim c1 As String = CStr(root.Attribute("Att1"))
Console.WriteLine("c1:{0}", IIf(c1 Is Nothing, "attribute does not exist", c1))
Dim c2 As Nullable(Of Integer) = CType(root.Attribute("Att2"), Nullable(Of Integer))
Console.WriteLine("c2:{0}", IIf(c2.HasValue, c2, "attribute does not exist"))
End Sub
End Class
