LINQ To XML Getting a value without the nodes inside

I have this XML:

<chunk type="manufacturer_info" id="" note="">test: <chunk type="style" style="link">${manufacturer_website}</chunk></chunk>

I need to get "test: " 开发者_如何学编程separately from the inner element.

EDIT: This is coming into a function as an XElement.

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The <chunk> element has two child nodes: a text node and a <chunk> element.

You can get the value of the text node as follows:

var element = XElement.Parse(@"<chunk type=""manufacturer_info"" ...");

var result = string.Concat(element.Nodes().OfType<XText>());
// result == "test: "

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Here you go.

          string xml =  @"<Chunks><chunk type='manufacturer_info' id='' note=''>test:                <chunk type='style' style='link'>${manufacturer_website}</chunk></chunk></Chunks>";

          var xDoc = XDocument.Parse(xml);
          var res = xDoc.DescendantNodes().OfType<XText>().First().Value;