Append an xml file

[dschu012]

I have a xml file that looks as such

<people>
    <person name="a" id"123">
    <person name="z" id"312">
</people>

and I want to add a person with the name of "b" but put in inbetween "a" and "z" to keep it alphabetical.
I was able to add to the bottom so it would look like

<people>
    <person name="a" id"123">
    <person name="z" id"312">
    <person name="b" id"452">
</people>

with this code

XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
            xmlDoc.Load(xml);
            XmlNode node = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("/people");
            XmlElement el = xmlDoc.CreateElement("person");
            el.SetAttribute("name", name);
            el.SetAttribute("id", id);      
            node.AppendChild(el);
            xmlDoc.Save(xmlFile);

So does anyone know how I can modify this to allow me to insert into the middle?

[Plater]

I think you need to go one step further into the tree and find the XmlNode that goes with <person name="a" id"123">
And then use InsertAfter()

[dschu012]

I think you need to go one step further into the tree and find the XmlNode that goes with <person name="a" id"123">
And then use InsertAfter()

Tried to do that and insert after doesn't accept an XmlElement

[Plater]

It inherits from it, type-cast it.

Inheritance Hierarchy:
System.Object 
   System.Xml.XmlNode 
     System.Xml.XmlLinkedNode 
      System.Xml.XmlElement

[dschu012]

Woot thanks for the help. If anyone wants my finished code this is what it looked like

XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
            xmlDoc.Load(xml);
            XmlNodeList nodes = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("/people/person");
            foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
            {
                XmlAttributeCollection attCol = node.Attributes;
                if (attCol[0].Value.ToString().CompareTo(newName) >= 0)
                {
                    XmlElement el = xmlDoc.CreateElement("person");
                    el.SetAttribute("name",newName);
                    el.SetAttribute("id",id);
                    xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("/people").InsertBefore((XmlNode)el, node);
                    break;
                }

            }
            xmlDoc.Save(xmlFile);