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\/ single slash is used for direct child, ie <\/strong>\/html\/body\/div\/header<\/p>\r\n

\/\/ double is used for find anywhere ie<\/strong> \/\/header<\/p>\r\n

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1. Selecting nodes<\/strong>
Command: Selects all 'div' nodes in the document.<\/p>\r\n

\/\/div<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
2. Selecting nodes with specific attribute<\/strong>
Command: \/\/[@attribute='value']  \/\/Selects all 'a' nodes with the class attribute value 'example'.<\/p>\r\n
<a class=\"example\">hello <\/a>\r\n\/\/a[@class='example']\r\n\r\n<div class=\"loepr\" data-id=\"review-badge-date\">hello <\/div>\r\n\/\/div[@data-id='review-badge-date']<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
3. Selecting nodes with any attribute<\/strong>
Command: \/\/nodename[@attribute] \/\/Selects all 'img' nodes with a 'src' attribute.<\/p>\r\n
\/\/img[@src]<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
4. Selecting nodes with specific text<\/strong>
\/\/nodename[text()='text']  \/\/Selects all 'p' nodes with the exact text 'Hello, world<\/p>\r\n
 \/\/p[text()='Hello, world!'] <\/code><\/pre>\r\n
5. Direct child :<\/strong> Absolute path. only work if the document structure exactly matches that hierarchy.<\/p>\r\n
\/html\/body\/div\/header\r\n\r\nGo to html>body>div>header<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
6.NthElement : <\/strong>Select Direct first child or second<\/p>\r\n
\/html\/body\/div[1]\r\n\/html\/body\/div[2]<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
7. Selecting text :: <\/strong>Text select of an element<\/p>\r\n
\/html\/body\/div\/header[1]\/text()<\/code><\/pre>\r\n


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Symbol \/ Expression<\/th>\r\nMeaning<\/th>\r\nExample<\/th>\r\nResult<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n
\/<\/td>\r\nAbsolute path (root → direct child)<\/td>\r\n\/html\/body\/div<\/td>\r\nSelects the <div> that is a direct child of <body><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\/\/<\/td>\r\nAnywhere (descendant, any depth)<\/td>\r\n\/\/div<\/td>\r\nSelects all <div> elements in the document<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
.<\/td>\r\nCurrent node (self)<\/td>\r\n.\/\/p<\/td>\r\nFrom current node, select all <p> descendants<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
..<\/td>\r\nParent of current node<\/td>\r\n..\/h2<\/td>\r\nFrom current node, go up one level and select <h2><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
@<\/td>\r\nAttribute selector<\/td>\r\n\/\/a\/@href<\/td>\r\nSelects the href attribute values of all <a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
[@attr='value']<\/td>\r\nFilter by attribute value<\/td>\r\n\/\/div[@id='main']<\/td>\r\nSelects <div id=\"main\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
contains(@attr,'text')<\/td>\r\nPartial attribute match<\/td>\r\n\/\/div[contains(@class,'header')]<\/td>\r\nMatches <div class=\"site-header\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
[n]<\/td>\r\nNth element (1-based)<\/td>\r\n(\/\/p)[1]<\/td>\r\nSelects the first <p> in the document<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
text()<\/td>\r\nNode text<\/td>\r\n\/\/h1\/text()<\/td>\r\nExtracts the text inside <h1><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
*<\/td>\r\nWildcard (any element)<\/td>\r\n\/\/div\/*<\/td>\r\nAll direct children of <div><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","category_id":"16","is_private":"0","created_at":"2023-03-29T12:49:04.000000Z","updated_at":"2025-09-02T22:35:38.000000Z","category":{"id":16,"user_id":"1","name":"Other","slug":"other-wpma","parent_id":null,"created_at":"2023-03-29T12:48:34.000000Z","updated_at":"2023-03-29T12:48:34.000000Z"},"user":{"id":1,"name":"R GONDAL","email":"rizikmw@gmail.com","email_verified_at":null,"two_factor_confirmed_at":null,"current_team_id":"1","profile_photo_path":null,"created_at":"2023-03-12T10:49:33.000000Z","updated_at":"2025-01-10T12:59:00.000000Z","profile_photo_url":"https:\/\/ui-avatars.com\/api\/?name=R+G&color=7F9CF5&background=EBF4FF"}},"pageDesc":"\/ single slash is used for direct child, ie \/html\/body\/div\/header \/\/ double is used for find anywhere ie \/\/header   1. Selecting nodesC - Xpath all commands tutorial (Updated: September 2, 2025) - Read more about Xpath all commands tutorial at my programming site [SITE]","categories":[]}