Question

Here is an example of what I mean:

<Data>
  <ID>ID 1</ID>
  <Type>
    <Text>Type 1</Text>
  </Type>
  <Value>Value 1</Value>
</Data>
<Data>
  <ID>ID 2</ID>
  <Type>
    <Text>Type 2</Text>
  </Type>
  <Value>Value 2</Value>
</Data>

If Text=’Type 1′, then I want to return the value of within that element (in this case I would return “Value 1”).

I am able to use a predicate to retrieve the entire element, but I’d like to find a way to only get in order to avoid having to implement more logic after the XPath evaluation.

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

Something like

//Data/Value/text()[../../Type/Text/text()='Type 2']

Or maybe

//Data[Type/Text/text()='Type 2']/Value/text()