XML to Linq value from childnode from same parents are together

Question

I have written linq code so I can read childnodes from the a parent node. I m getting the both the child node values, but it appear as one long string. How to split the values?

This is my XML calling function:

    var wsinputs = new List<string>();
     wsinputs = readXMLInput(2);

This is my function:

    public List<string> readXMLInput(int seq)
    {

        XElement xelement = XElement.Load(@"C:\Users\XXXXX\XXXX\selection.xml");
        IEnumerable<XElement> selectedServiceList = xelement.Elements();


        var inputtype = new List<string>();

        int countnum = selectedServiceList.Descendants("seq").Count();

        // for (int x = 1; x <= countnum; x++)
        //  {

        IEnumerable<string> serviceinputs = from servinput in xelement.Elements("Service")
                                            let inp = (string)servinput.Element("inputs")
                                            orderby inp
                                   //         where (string)servinput.Element("seq") == seq.ToString()
                                            select inp;

        foreach (string zp in serviceinputs)
        {
            inputtype.Add(zp);

        }

        //}

        return inputtype;
    }

This is the output i get:

System.IntSystem.Int

I need to get :

System.Int
System.Int

The node values should be separated.

This is my xml:

<SelectedService>
<Service>
 <servicename>updatemapInt</servicename>
 <seq>1</seq>
 <serviceURL>http://XXX.XXXX.net/Service1.svc?wsdl</serviceURL>
<inputs>
 <input>System.Int</input>
 <input>System.Int</input>
 </inputs>
 <Output>System.String</Output>
 </Service>
<Service>

Answer 1

When you do servinput.Element("inputs"), you get at once all the content of the node <inputs> (that's why you get the System.IntSystem.Int single string as output). In order to get the <input> nodes separated, you can do something like this:

IEnumerable<string> serviceinputs = from inputs in xelement.Elements("Service")
                                                           .Elements("inputs")
                                                           .Elements("input")
                                    orderby inputs.Value
                                    select inputs.Value;

If you want to do some more filtering, you can do it easily:

IEnumerable<string> serviceinputs = from servinput in xelement.Elements("Service")
                                    where (string)servinput.Element("seq") == seq.ToString()
                                        from inputs in servinput.Elements("inputs").Elements("input")
                                        orderby inputs.Value
                                        select inputs.Value;

Answer 2

Firstly, you can call ToList() to have the LINQ query return List<T> instead of IEnumerable<T>. Then for the main question, you can either use double form clause like so :

List<string> serviceinputs = (from service in xelement.Elements("Service")
                              from servinput in service.Element("inputs").Elements("input")
                              let inp = (string)servinput
                              orderby inp
                              select inp).ToList();

Or modify the single from clause to return individual <input> value separately :

List<string> serviceinputs = (from servinput in xelement.Elements("Service")
                                                        .Elements("inputs")
                                                        .Elements("input")
                              let inp = (string)servinput
                              orderby inp
                              select inp).ToList();

dotnetfiddle demo

output :

System.Int
System.Int