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Answer» Below are some usefull and more useable syntax in xpath all of these syntax are usefull when we are doing in xml
| /catalog | SELECTS the root element | | /catalog/cd | selects all the cd elements of the catalog element | | /catalog/cd/price | selects all the price elements ofall the cd elements of the catalog element | | /catalog/cd[price>10.0] | selects all the cd elements with price greater than 10.0 | | startswith a slash(/) | representsan absolute path to an element | | startswith TWO SLASHES(//) | selectsall elements that satisfy the criteria | | //cd | selects all cd elements in the document | | /catalog/cd/title| /catalog/cd/artist | selects all the title and artist elements of the cd elements of catalog | | //title| //artist | selects all the title and artist elements in the document | | /catalog/cd/* | selects all the CHILD elements of all cd elements of the catalog element | | /catalog/*/price | selectsall the price elements that are grandchildren of catalog | | /*/*/price | selects all price elements which have two ancestors | | //* | selectsall elements in the document | | /catalog/cd[1] | selectsthe first cd child of catalog | | /catalog/cd[last()] | selectsthe last cd child of catalog | | /catalog/cd[price] | selects all the cd elements that have price | | /catalog/cd[price=10.90] | selects cd elements with the price of 10.90 | | /catalog/cd[price=10.90]/price | selects all price elements with the price of 10.90 | | //country | selects all countryattributes | | //cd[country] | selects cd elements which have a " country " ATTRIBUTE | | //cd[*] | selects cdelements which have any attribute | | //cd[country='UK'] | selects cd elements with " country " attribute equal to 'UK' |
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