How can I get information out of a xml file and into an string array?

Question

For an Outlook Add-In I created a Blacklist in a XML File. Now I need to save the words which are in my Blacklist in an string array to create a if-else condition. This is what I tried but it doesn't work...

private string[] XMLReader() 
            {
                string[] arr = XDocument.Load(@"C:\ProjektOutlook\outlookadresses\Add-In\Add-In\Resources\Blacklist.xml").Descendants("attachmentRefs")
                            .Select(Name => Name.Value).ToArray();


                return arr;
            }

This is what my XML File looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<blacklist>
<attachmentRefs>
<attachmentRef Name="Anhang" />
<attachmentRef Name="anhang" />
<attachmentRef Name="Anlage" />
<attachmentRef Name="anlage" />
<attachmentRef Name="Angefügt" />
<attachmentRef Name="angefügt" />
<attachmentRef Name="Anahng" />
<attachmentRef Name="angehängt" />
<attachmentRef Name="Angehängt" />
<attachmentRef Name="angehangen" />
<attachmentRef Name="Angehangen" />
<attachmentRef Name="anahng" />
<attachmentRef Name="Analge" />
<attachmentRef Name="analge" />
<attachmentRef Name="Anliegend" />
<attachmentRef Name="anliegend" />
<attachmentRef Name="Beigefügt" />
<attachmentRef Name="beigefügt" />
<attachmentRef Name="beiliegend" />
<attachmentRef Name="Beiliegend" />
<attachmentRef Name="hinzugefügt" />
<attachmentRef Name="Datei" />
<attachmentRef Name="Dokument" />
<attachmentRef Name="Beischrift" />
<attachmentRef Name="Ergänzung" />
<attachmentRef Name="Nachtrag" />
<attachmentRef Name="Zusatz" />
<attachmentRef Name="Beilage" />
<attachmentRef Name="Addendum" />
</attachmentRefs>
</blacklist>

Take a look at [this answer to a post of the same topic](https://stackoverflow.com/a/685590/11656482) — Error 404 Brain not found, Dec 01 '21 at 14:24
You need to get the attribute value. Also you'd what the "attachmentRef" descendants, not the "attachmentRefs" — juharr, Dec 01 '21 at 14:25
@juharr unfortunately this doesn't work maybe u can specify your answer? — Sophia, Dec 01 '21 at 14:39
You want `.Descendants("attachmentRef").Select(x => x.Attribute("Name").Value)` — juharr, Dec 01 '21 at 14:46

How can I get information out of a xml file and into an string array?

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