Following are few example xpath expressions and results for the above sample xml data
| XPath Expression |
Description |
Result |
| / |
Select the document node |
|
| /store/chocolates/choco |
Select all the 'choco' elements, which are the direct children of 'chocolates' node |
|
| //name[@no] |
Select all the 'name' elements with 'no' attribute |
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| /store//snack[last()] |
Select the last snack element |
|
| sum(//price) |
Select the sum of price element values |
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| string-length(//choco[1]/name) |
Select the length of the first 'choco' element's name value |
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| //choco[1]/name/text() |
Select the textual value of first 'choco' element's name |
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| count(/store//choco) |
Select the count of 'choco' elements |
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