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mithrandir
mithrandir

Reputation: 1323

xpath expression wild-cards

I have a requirement to specify wild card in the following xpath 

Field[@name="/Root/Table[i]/FirstName"]

Basically the "i" would be a variable which can have either a GUID or a running number. I would like to pick up all elements that basically have the attribute pattern 

"/Root/Table[*]/FirstName"

i.e. starting with "/Root/Table[" and ending with "]/FirstName". Any ideas as to how this can be done ?

Here is a sample payload:

<Package>
  <Input>
    <Data id="36e9f0fe3f8d4508ac20710e07cfddd4">
      <Input>
        <Field name="/Root/Table[1]/FirstName">Thomas</Field>
      </Input>
    </Data>
  </Input>
</Package>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 234

Answers (1)

JLRishe
JLRishe

Reputation: 101682

You should be able to do this using starts-with() and a makeshift ends-with() (since XPath 1.0 doesn't actually have an ends-with() function):

//*[starts-with(@name, '/Root/Table[') and 
    substring(@name, string-length(@name) - 11 + 1) = ']/FirstName']

Here, 11 is the length of ]/FirstName.

Upvotes: 1

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