title: How to assign plain XML to C# variable
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8768762/use-xml-literals-in-c">Use XML Literals in C#?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I can do this in Visual  Basic, How can I do this in C#</p>
  
  <pre><code>    Dim xmlTree As XElement = &lt;Employees&gt;&lt;/Employees&gt;
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