using System;

using System.Text;

using System.Xml;

using System.IO;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();

        String xmlString = @"<bookstore>

        <book genre='autobiography' publicationdate='1981-03-22' ISBN='1-861003-11-0'>

            <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>

            <author>

                <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>

                <last-name>Franklin</last-name>

            </author>

            <price>1.3000000e+001</price>

        </book>

    </bookstore>";

        // Create an XmlReader

        using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(xmlString)))

        {

            reader.ReadToFollowing("book");

            reader.MoveToFirstAttribute();

            string genre = reader.Value;

            output.AppendLine("The genre value: " + genre);

            reader.ReadToFollowing("price");

            output.AppendLine("Price: " + Decimal.Parse(reader.ReadElementContentAsString(),System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Float));

        }

​

        Console.WriteLine("Hello World" + output.ToString());

    }

}