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Get attribute and parse to Integer
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Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim root As XElement = <Root Att1="attribute 1 content" Att2="2"/>
Dim att2 As XAttribute = root.Attribute("Att2")
Dim v2 As Nullable(Of Integer)
If att2 Is Nothing Then
v2 = Nothing
Else
v2 = Int32.Parse(att2.Value)
End If
Console.WriteLine("v2:{0}", IIf(v2.HasValue, v2, "attribute does not exist"))
End Sub
End Class
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