Select Last N elements using LINQ to XML

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Here’s a simple example of selecting the last ‘N’ elements of a XML document using LINQ to XML

Consider the following XML

In order to select the last two elements, use the IEnumerable<XElement>.Reverse() which inverts the order of the elements in a sequence, and use Take(2) to return 2 elements, as shown in the following code:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    // code from DevCurry.com

    XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load("..\\..\\School.xml");
    var students = xDoc.Descendants("Class").Reverse().Take(2);               
    foreach (var student in students)
        Console.WriteLine(student.Element("Student").Value +
            " " + student.Element("Name").Value);
    Console.ReadLine();
}

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Suprotim Agarwal, Developer Technologies MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) is the founder and contributor for DevCurry, DotNetCurry and SQLServerCurry. He is the Chief Editor of a Developer Magazine called DNC Magazine. He has also authored two Books - 51 Recipes using jQuery with ASP.NET Controls. and The Absolutely Awesome jQuery CookBook.

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