Re^3: How can I browse & list XPATH of a XML Message?

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Re^4: How can I browse & list XPATH of a XML Message? by Anonymous Monk on Oct 30, 2015 at 07:26 UTC
the stacking `[][]` and maybe (if thats what you meant) starting with `[]`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: How can I browse & list XPATH of a XML Message? by Anonymous Monk on Oct 31, 2015 at 06:47 UTC
can you explain it in plain English?	[reply]
Re^5: How can I browse & list XPATH of a XML Message? by Anonymous Monk on Oct 31, 2015 at 07:41 UTC
./* means child "elements" as in `<b><i></i><em></em></b>`, the child elements of b are i and em, there is two Saying not(./) mean no child elements self::text() means select text node children Saying not(self::text()) select nodes that are not text nodes, as in `<p>text</p>` p would be an "element" and "text" would be a child node of type text ... don't want those, just the P Together they mean not have children and is not text nodes What I remember of xpath is you'd write it like this `## select any "element" with no kids and no text /descendant-or-self::node()[ not(./) and not(self::text()) ]` [download] But apparently ( http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath ) and conditions are also represented with stacking `[][][]` so its equivalent to `/descendant-or-self::node() [not(./)] [not(self::text()]` [download] Although, you can simply select element nodes with no element children `//[ not(./*) ]`	[reply] [d/l] [select]