Gets the previous XML element of a given element, ignoring any non-element nodes - CSharp System.Xml

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Description

Gets the previous XML element of a given element, ignoring any non-element nodes

Demo Code


using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Main{
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the previous element of a given element, ignoring any non-element nodes
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="element"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static XElement PreviousSibling(XElement element)
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            XNode siblingNode = element;
            siblingNode = siblingNode.PreviousNode;

            while (siblingNode != null && siblingNode as XElement == null)
            {
                siblingNode = siblingNode.PreviousNode;
            }

            return siblingNode as XElement;
        }
}

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