Check if XML nodes are in correct order

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Written by: Stanko Milosev
Category: C#
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I had task to check if XML nodes are in correct order. After some research basically all I needed was this line:

var nodes = myXml.Elements().ToList();

So, code would look something like this:

var nodes = myXml.Elements().ToList();

var expectedOrder = new[] { "first", "second", "third", "fourth" }.ToList();

var actualOrder = nodes.Select(node => node.Name.LocalName).ToList();

Assert.AreEqual(string.Join(",", expectedOrder), string.Join(",", actualOrder));