A Simple XML Query Using LINQ to XML

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using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {

        XElement books = XElement.Parse(
          @"<books>
        <book>
          <title>P</title>
          <author>J</author>
        </book>
        <book>
          <title>W</title>
          <author>B</author>
        </book>
        <book>
          <title>C</title>
          <author>A</author>
        </book>
    </books>");

        var titles =
         from book in books.Elements("book")
         where (string)book.Element("author") == "J"
         select book.Element("title");

        foreach (var title in titles)
            Console.WriteLine(title.Value);
    }
}

    


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