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Hello, Given you have a List object with a number of string elements and you want to check whether the elements in the list are found in the XML file, options are your going to use the for each loop or the List.ForEach() action to traverse the List and perform searching through the XML file. XML File <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <catalog> <book id= "bk101" > <author>Gambardella, Matthew</author> <title>XML Developer's Guide</title> <genre>Computer</genre> <price>44.95</price> <publish_date>2000-10-01</publish_date> <description> An in-depth look at creating applications with XML. </description> </book> <book id= "bk102" > <author>Ralls, Kim</author> <title>Midnight Rain</title> <genre>Fantasy</genre> <price>5.95</price>

Given the XML file below which is a sample popularized my Microsoft, here's how to traverse with that XML file using LINQ to XML XDocument class. XML File <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <catalog> <book id= "bk101" > <author>Gambardella, Matthew</author> <title>XML Developer's Guide</title> <genre>Computer</genre> <price>44.95</price> <publish_date>2000-10-01</publish_date> <description> An in-depth look at creating applications with XML. </description> </book> <book id= "bk102" > <author>Ralls, Kim</author> <title>Midnight Rain</title> <genre>Fantasy</genre> <price>5.95</price> <publish_date>2000-12-16</publish_date> <description> A former architect battles corporate zombies, an ev