using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Xml;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

​

//      http://www.dotnetperls.com/xmltextreader

        string input = @"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-16""?>

        <List>

        <Employee><ID>1</ID><First>David</First><Last>Smith</Last><Salary>10000</Salary></Employee>

        <Employee><ID>3</ID><First>Mark</First><Last>Drinkwater</Last><Salary>30000</Salary></Employee>

        <Employee><ID>4</ID><First>Norah</First><Last>Miller</Last><Salary>20000</Salary></Employee>

        <Employee><ID>5</ID><First>Cecil</First><Last>Walker</Last><Salary>120000</Salary></Employee>

        </List>";

​

        using (StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(input))

        using (XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(stringReader))

        {

            while (reader.Read())

            {

                if (reader.IsStartElement())

                {

                    switch (reader.Name)

                    {

                        case "Employee":

                        Console.WriteLine();

                        break;

                        case "ID":

                        Console.WriteLine("ID: " + reader.ReadString());

                        break;

                        case "First":

                        Console.WriteLine("First: " + reader.ReadString());

                        break;

                        case "Last":

                        Console.WriteLine("Last: " + reader.ReadString());

                        break;

                        case "Salary":

                        Console.WriteLine("Salary: " + reader.ReadString());

                        break;

                    }

                }

            }

        }

    }

}