XmlReader.ReadElementContentAsLong reads the element and returns a 64-bit signed integer.
using System; using System.IO; using System.Xml;
public class Sample
{ public static void Main(){
using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("dataFile.xml")) {
reader.ReadToFollowing("longValue"); long number = reader.ReadElementContentAsLong();
// Do some processing with the number object.
}
}
}