Here is some sample XML against which example XPaths can be written:
<r>
<e a="1"/>
<f a="2" b="1">Text 1</f>
<f/>
<g>
<i c="2">Text 2</i>
Text 3
<j>Text 4</j>
</g>...
For the sample XML (without namespaces):
This XPath,
/r/f/text()
will select the text node with this string value:
"Text 1"
And this XPath,
string(/r/f)
will return the string value of f, which is also:
"Text 1"
If the input HTML DOM is
<html>
<body>
<a>link</a>
<div class='container' id='divone'>
<p class='common' id='enclosedone'>Element One</p>
<p class='common' id='enclosedtwo'>Element Two</p>
...
A quick way to test your xpath is in your browser developer tool console.
Format is
$x('//insert xpath here')
$ - specifies it is a selector.
x - specifies it is using xpaths
Example:
$x("//button[text() ='Submit']")
When this command is entered it will return all occurrences...
