How can i check whether an xml node has a perticular attribute?

like  

 Dim mynode As System.Xml.XmlNode =get _node()

mynode.HasAttribute    :( we don't have this function so what to do to check this

You can use the Attributes property.  From the online help:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{

    public static void Main()
    {
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5' misc='sale item'>" +
                      "<title>The Handmaid's Tale</title>" +
                      "<price>14.95</price>" +
                      "</book>");

        // Move to an element.
        XmlElement myElement = doc.DocumentElement;

        // Create an attribute collection from the element.
        XmlAttributeCollection attrColl = myElement.Attributes;

        // Show the collection by iterating over it.
        Console.WriteLine("Display all the attributes in the collection...");
        for (int i = 0; i < attrColl.Count; i++)
        {
            Console.Write("{0} = ", attrColl[i].Name);
            Console.Write("{0}", attrColl[i].Value);
            Console.WriteLine();
        }

        // Retrieve a single attribute from the collection; specifically, the
        // attribute with the name "misc".
        XmlAttribute attr = attrColl["misc"];

        // Retrieve the value from that attribute.
        String miscValue = attr.InnerXml;

        Console.WriteLine("Display the attribute information.");
        Console.WriteLine(miscValue);

    }
}

 Xml Element has a funnction like myXmlElement.HasAttribute

But Xml Node don't have 

what is the conceptual diffrence between Xml node and XML  Element

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