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wpfwannabe
wpfwannabe

Reputation: 14877

Find sibling node after specified node is found

Consider the following very simplified example.

<n></n>
<k></k>
<m></m>
<k></k>

How can I search for a first k sibling after m node? Basically, find some node and then continue searching from that node.

Upvotes: 36

Views: 52087

Answers (2)

Dimitre Novatchev
Dimitre Novatchev

Reputation: 243449

How can I search for a first k sibling after m node? Basically, find some node and then continue searching from that node.

Assuming that we have the following well-formed XML document:

<t>
    <n></n>
    <k></k>
    <m></m>
    <k></k>
</t>

then the following XPath expression:

/*/m[1]/following-sibling::k[1]

selects the first k following-sibling of the first m child of the top element of the XML document.

Upvotes: 62

Royi Namir
Royi Namir

Reputation: 148524

nice question : try it ........

<a>
<n></n>
<k></k>
<m></m>
<k></k> <====
<k></k>
<m></m>
<k></k>
</a>


   /a/k[. = preceding::m][1]

Upvotes: 4

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