Scott M. wrote:
> How would I use LINQ to XML (vb .net) to extract just the text (not the 
> markup) of the following:
> 
> <description><![CDATA[<p><a 
> href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25085248/"><img align="left" border="0" 
> src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/TECH/080610/g-080610-tec-tencent-4x3-10a.thumb.jpg" 
> alt="" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>In an interview, David Hajdu, author 
> of the book "The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it 
> Changed America," discusses the rise and fall of  the rise and fall of 
> comics, and how their unwelcome reception compares to today's criticism of 
> violent video games.</p><br clear="all" />]]></description>

Here is how you can do it, using Joe's suggestion:

             XElement desc = XElement.Load(@"file.xml");
             XElement data = XElement.Parse("<data>" + desc.Value + 
"</data>");
             Console.WriteLine(data.Value);




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