I have a scenario like...

<a>Test case 1
   <b>Test case 2
      <c>Test     case 3
      </c>
   </b>
</a>

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I need to fetch the text content of <c> node where multiple space is found betweeen words. The pattern I am using is

<code>//*[*contains(.," ")]<code>

But the pattern matches 3 different datas

1) Test case 1Test case 2Test case 3 (text content of "a tag""b tag""c tag" is appended)

2) Test case 2Test case 3 (text content of "b tag""c tag" is appended)

3) Test case 3 (text content of "c tag")

But I need only the text content of <c> node...Please help

In reply to Need help for Xpath patterns by Anusha

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