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JulioBordeaux
JulioBordeaux

Reputation: 504

reach xml tags under the same name using xpath

I have an xml file with a structure like this:

<xml>
<tag>
   <name>paul</name>
   <value>1</value>
</tag>
<tag>
   <name>mary</name>
   <value>2</value>
</tag>
<tag>
   <name>john</name>
   <value>3</value>
</tag>
<xml>

My question is, how could i reach each tags value tag using xpath?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 168

Answers (4)

har07
har07

Reputation: 89325

To get all <value> within <tag> :

/xml/tag/value

If you meant to get <value> by value of <name> as stated in your comment, you can do something like this :

/xml/tag[name='paul']/value

Above example will return <value>1</value>

Upvotes: 2

Joel M. Lamsen
Joel M. Lamsen

Reputation: 7173

try

/xml/tag[name ='paul']/value

/xml/tag[name ='mary']/value

/xml/tag[name ='john']/value

Upvotes: 1

andrean
andrean

Reputation: 6796

If you want to get a list of the whole value elements:

//tag/value

but if you don't need the wrapping value element, just the values within the tags:

//tag/value/text()

Upvotes: 0

Xavjer
Xavjer

Reputation: 9274

Use predicates to uniquely access a value

First element: /xml/tag[1]/name

Last element: /xml/tag[last()]/name

etc.

Upvotes: 0

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