vb.net deserialize an xml string -

i've got simple xml string looks this:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <accountbalance>     <value>         22.00     </value> </accountbalance>

i'd set value of <value> variable in vb.net. how do this?

not sure serialization comes play this, if it's simple xml string can use linq xml value quite easily:

dim xml xelement = new xelement.parse(xmlstring)  dim balance integer = x in xml.descendants("value")                          select cint(x.value)

this give collection of value elements in xml. if have one, can this:

dim balance integer = (from x in xml.descendants(xmlstring)                          select  cint(x.value)).singleordefault()

xmlstring xml string want values - parse method loads xml supplied string. use .load if it's in file.

syntax might bit off - i'm doing off top of head.

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