Count Total Number of XmlNodes in C#

Question

I\'m trying to find a way to get the total number of child nodes from an XmlNode recursively.

That it is to say I want to count all the children, grand children etc.

Answer 1

If you're doing an unfiltered count, which your question implies, you could just traverse the them using the ChildNodes property:

private int CountChildren(XmlNode node)
{
   int total = 0;

   foreach (XmlNode child in node.ChildNodes)
   {
      total++;
      total += CountChildren(child);
   }
   return total;
}