Get element value from XML string.

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/Program.cs

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
					
public class Program
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		var xDoc = XDocument.Parse(xmlString);
		
		// with Descendents
		var status = xDoc.Descendants("optinStatus").Single();
		Console.WriteLine(status.Value);
		
		// with Element
		var customer = xDoc.Root.Element("customer");
  		var optinStatus = customer.Element("optinStatus");
		Console.WriteLine(optinStatus.Value);
		
		// for attribute
		var response = xDoc.Descendants("response").Single();
  		var attr = response.Attribute("status");
		Console.WriteLine(attr.Value);
	}
	
	private static string xmlString = @"
	
	
<response op=""getcustomerinfo"" status=""200"" message=""ok"" version=""1.0"">
  <customer>
    <totalMsg>3</totalMsg>
    <custId>9008281</custId>
    <custName></custName>
    <timestamp>2015-04-30 16:17:19</timestamp>
    <optinStatus>3</optinStatus>
    <custMobile>6185312349</custMobile>
    <subacct>1st Choice Courier</subacct>
  </customer>
</response>	
	
	
	";
}