parsing xml in c# using LINQ

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I have the following xml structure\[code\]<userlist> <user Name="something"> <function name="funcname"> <picture name="pictname"> <curve name="curvename"> <name>NAME</name> ... </curve> </picture> </function> <function name="function2"> ... </function> </user>\[/code\]It goes on a bit more. I have written a function to extract of the "function" tags and place them in objects using code that simplifies to this:\[code\]from function in xmlDoc.Descendants("function")select new FUNCTIONOBJECT { do all the rest... }.toList<FUNCTIONOBJECT>();\[/code\]I am now trying to make it so that I only filter the functions for a given user. so the name attribute of the user is given. Can anyone tell me how I can make this work with LINQ?My attempt was:\[code\]from user in xmlDoc.Descendants("user")where user.Attribute("Name").Value =http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14586694/= givenusernameselect { var functions = from function in user.Descendants("function") select new FUNCTIONOBJECT { ... more stuff }.toList<FUNCTIONOBJECT>();\[/code\]But this is wrong and doesnt work.All help is good. I am pretty new to c# and still trying to wrap my head around xml parsing with LINQ.EDIT:updated version of what I have and still doesnt work:\[code\]XDocument xmlDoc = XDocument.Load(path); var functionlist = (from user in xmlDoc.Descendants("user") where user.Attribute("Name").Value =http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14586694/= username select( (from function in user.Descendants("function") select new Function { name = function.Attribute("name").Value, pictures = (from picture in function.Descendants("picture") select new Picture { name = picture.Attribute("name").Value, layout = picture.Element("layout").Value, curves = (from curve in picture.Descendants("curve") select new Curve { name = curve.Attribute("name").Value, section = curve.Element("section").Value, run = curve.Element("run").Value, folder = curve.Element("folder").Value, drivingpoint = curve.Element("drivingpoint").Value, display = int.Parse(curve.Element("display").Value), points = (from point in curve.Descendants("point") select new Point { id = point.Element("id").Value != null ? point.Element("id").Value : string.Empty, direction = point.Element("direction").Value != null ? point.Element("direction").Value : string.Empty, }).ToList<Point>(), }).ToList<Curve>(), }).ToList<Picture>(), }).ToList<Function>(), ).toList(); }\[/code\]