XmlLinkedNode.PreviousSibling Property

public:
 virtual property System::Xml::XmlNode ^ PreviousSibling { System::Xml::XmlNode ^ get(); };

public override System.Xml.XmlNode PreviousSibling { get; }

public override System.Xml.XmlNode? PreviousSibling { get; }

member this.PreviousSibling : System.Xml.XmlNode

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property PreviousSibling As XmlNode

Property Value

The preceding XmlNode or null if one does not exist.

Examples

The following example displays the last two books.

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample5
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.Load("books.xml");

        XmlNode lastNode = doc.DocumentElement.LastChild;
        Console.WriteLine("Last book...");
        Console.WriteLine(lastNode.OuterXml);

        XmlNode prevNode = lastNode.PreviousSibling;
        Console.WriteLine("\r\nPrevious book...");
        Console.WriteLine(prevNode.OuterXml);
    }
}

Imports System.Xml

public class Sample 

  public shared sub Main() 

      Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
      doc.Load("books.xml")

      Dim lastNode as XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement.LastChild
      Console.WriteLine("Last book...")
      Console.WriteLine(lastNode.OuterXml)

      Dim prevNode as XmlNode = lastNode.PreviousSibling
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.LF + "Previous book...")
      Console.WriteLine(prevNode.OuterXml)  
  end sub
end class

See also

• NextSibling