In xpath, the @
prefix denotes an attribute. To select all nodes that have a particular attribute value, you can use the following xpath expression:
//root/node[@attribute="value"]
For example, let's suppose you have the following XML document:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <notes> <note lang="en">Call the office</note> <note lang="de">Freunde treffen</note> <note lang="en">Pickup groceries</note> <note lang="fr">Apprends le français</note> </notes>
To select all nodes that have the attribute lang="en"
, you could use the following xpath expression:
//notes/note[@lang="en"]
This would select the following two nodes:
<note lang="en">Call the office</note> <note lang="en">Pickup groceries</note>
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