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Amith Jayasekara
Amith Jayasekara

Reputation: 439

How to get fist elemenent using local-name() in XPATH?

<xyy:UP xmlns:xyy="urn:com" xmlns:xyx="urn:com" xmlns:xzx="urn:com">
<xyx:ITM>
<xzx:PID>ABCDEFGH</xzx:PID>
</xyx:ITM>
<xyx:ITM>
<xzx:PID>IJKLMNOP</xzx:PID>
</xyx:ITM>
</xyy:UP>

I tried follow xpath to get second 'PID' tag , which is having text node IJKLMNOP , but it wont return any.

//*[local-name()='PID'][1]

But it will list all the PID if I use follow 

//*[local-name()='PID']

can any body drag me out of this plz

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2976

Answers (1)

paul trmbrth
paul trmbrth

Reputation: 20748

//*[local-name()='PID'][1] should return all 1st children PID elements, which are 2 in your sample document.

If you only want the 2nd one, you can use parentheses:

(//*[local-name()='PID'])[2]

(remember XPath positions start at 1, not 0)

Upvotes: 4

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