using System;

using System.Data;

using System.Xml;

using System.IO;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><numbers>"

            +"<row><col1>1</col1><col2>2</col2></row>"

            +"<row><col1>3</col1><col2>4</col2></row>"

            +"<row><col1>5</col1><col2>6</col2></row>"

            +"<row><col1>7</col1><col2>8</col2></row>"

            +"</numbers>";

        DataTable dt = ArraytoDatatable(xml);

        Console.WriteLine("DataTable (" + dt.Rows.Count + " rows in " + dt.Columns.Count + " Columns)");

        foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)

        {

            foreach (DataColumn column in dt.Columns)

            {

                Console.Write("{0} ", row[column]);

            }

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            Console.WriteLine();

        }

    }

​

    public static DataTable ArraytoDatatable(string numbers)

    {

        DataSet ds = new DataSet();

        ds.ReadXml(new StringReader(numbers));

        return ds.Tables[0];

    }

}