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How to select all leaf nodes using XPath expression?

Use: //node()[not(node())] In case only element leaf nodes are wanted (and this needs clarification — are elements that have non-element children considered leaf nodes?), then the following XPath expression selects them: //*[not(*)] Both expressions above are probably the shortest that select the desired nodes (either any-node or element — leaf nodes).

SelectSingleNode returns null when tag contains xmlNamespace

You should use an XmlNamespaceManager in your call to SelectSingleNode(): XmlNamespaceManager ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(xmldoc.NameTable); ns.AddNamespace(“msbld”, “http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003”); XmlNode node = xmldoc.SelectSingleNode(“//msbld:Compile”, ns);