Simple Xpath xml

Question

I have a table thats

 <Actor id="RobertDowneyJr">
 <Name>Robert Downey Jr.</Name>
 <BirthDay>1965-04-04</BirthDay>
 <BirthPlace>Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA</BirthPlace>
 </Actor>
 <Actor id="TerrenceHoward">
 <Name>Terrence Howard</Name>
 <BirthDay>1969-03-11</BirthDay>
 <BirthPlace>Chicago, Illinois, USA</BirthPlace>
 </Actor>

And i want to use Xpath to only find actors who's born in chicago, but there's something i do wrong

  //Disney/Actors/Actor[@BirthPlace = 'Chicago']/BirthPlace

  //Disney/Actors/Actor[BirthPlace = 'Chicago']

I just want it to show every actor that is only born in chicago.

Answer 1

Try it this way:

//Disney/Actors/Actor[contains(./BirthPlace,'Chicago')]

The full <BirthPlace> is Chicago, Illinois, USA, not just Chicago, so you have to switch from = to contains().