xml parsing issue

[Bill McManus]

I'm using the xpath node iterator to move through an xml files and extract the data I need but I'm having problems when the node is setup like the following:

<dep-gender>
<Female />
</dep-gender>

I'm not sure why the element isn't just:

<dep-gender> Female</dep-gender>

But it is what it is.

Does anyone know a way of getting the node iterator to read the dep-gender node as Female?

 

[newguy]

Dim xl As New XMLDocument
xl.Load("yourXmlFile")
Dim node As XmlNode = xl.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("dep-gender")
For Each gender As XmlNode In node.ChildNodes
'gender.Name will get you the name of the element
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