How to remove newline between tags?

Question

Let say i have this code:

        XmlNode counsel = doc.CreateElement("COUNSELS");
        XmlNode p = doc.CreateElement("p");
        counsel.AppendChild(p);
        XmlNode b = doc.CreateElement("b");
        p.AppendChild(b);
        b.InnerText = "Counsel:";

and it will output:

<COUNSELS>
  <p>
    <b>Counsel:</b>
  </p>
</COUNSELS>

what can i do to achieve this:

<COUNSELS>
  <p><b>Counsel:</b></p>
</COUNSELS>

correct me if i made any mistake on writing this post.

Answer 1

Since the OP comfirms regex replace is acceptable. I can use two simple replaces.

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

Regex reg1 = new Regex(@"<p>\s+", RegexOptions.Compiled);
Regex reg2 = new Regex(@"\s+</p>", RegexOptions.Compiled);

string xml = @"<COUNSELS>
  <p>
    <b>Counsel:</b>
  </p>
</COUNSELS>";
xml = reg1.Replace(xml, "<p>");
xml = reg2.Replace(xml, "</p>");
Console.WriteLine(xml);

output

<COUNSELS>
  <p><b>Counsel:</b></p>
</COUNSELS>

You can follow the pattern to replace space around other tags, or use more advanced single time replace, all depend on your actual requirement and skills.